Alex Michelsen and Arthur Rinderknech will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.71
Arthur Rinderknech -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Arthur Rinderknech
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Michelsen and Arthur Rinderknech fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rinderknech (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rinderknech won 7-6(6) 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2024.
Alex Michelsen
26 - 23win/loss
38
30
LLLWWWLLLL | 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, Michelsen will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Quinn in the 1st round on the 25th of September.
The American has a composed 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Estoril Challenger where he beat Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Michelsen has an overall 155-94 record. He has a positive 84-47 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Arthur Rinderknech
26 - 31win/loss
29
27
LLLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-35 | 14-15 | 9-10 | 2-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-33 | 16-13 | 6-7 | 12-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 54, Arthur reached the 2nd round after beating Hamad Medjedovic 6-7(3) 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Medjedovic, the French player had a free pass after Medjedovic retired on a 6-73 1-0 . scoreline.
Rinderknech’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Kitzbuhel.
Rinderknech has a composed 26-31 win-loss record in 2025, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-73 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-71 6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-76 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-66 6-1) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
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