Alex Michelsen and Tomas Barrios Vera will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.22
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Tomas Barrios Vera

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Tomas Barrios Vera since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

22 - 18win/loss

Hard
10-8
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-4
Rank
38
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-27 14-13 6-5 4-5 5-4 0-0
2024 45-34 26-14 4-9 8-5 7-6 0-0
2023 61-27 30-13 4-3 19-7 8-4 0-0
2022 23-10 14-8 0-1 9-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 34, Alex will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Evans in the 2nd round on the 22nd of July.

Alex has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Estoril Challenger where he defeated Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-4 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Michelsen has an overall 151-89 record. He has a positive 80-43 record on hard.

Previously in Montreal

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Toronto
Michelsen's Record

Tomas Barrios Vera

Tomas Barrios Vera

32 - 20win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
25-15
Grass
4-2
Rank
109
High
93
LWWWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-28 5-5 43-20 0-1 4-2 0-0
2024 36-28 6-5 26-19 0-1 4-3 0-0
2023 50-30 4-7 42-22 0-0 4-1 0-0
2022 23-17 3-1 20-14 0-0 0-2 0-0
2021 41-27 4-6 34-20 0-0 3-1 0-0

Ranked no. 143, the Chilean reached the 2nd round after defeating Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-4 6-4 and Gael Monfils 6-4 4-6 7-6(3).

In the 1st round, Tomas Barrios Vera defeated Monfils (6-4 4-6 7-63). During the match Tomas Barrios Vera scored 111 points vs Monfils’s 108. Tomas Barrios Vera was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.

About the serving games, Tomas Barrios Vera managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (54/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean broke Monfils 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Campinas Challenger where he defeated Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 6-4 6-3.

Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

The Chilean has never competed in this tournament before.

Toronto
Tomas Barrios Vera's Record

Tennis Scores in Toronto

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