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

Alex Michelsen

26 - 23win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
1-2
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-4
Rank
38
High
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.

Shanghai
Michelsen's Record

Arthur Rinderknech

Arthur Rinderknech

26 - 31win/loss

Hard
9-14
I Hard
1-2
Clay
9-10
Grass
7-5
Rank
29
High
27
LLWLWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-34 14-15 9-10 2-4 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.

Shanghai
Rinderknech's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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