Arthur Rinderknech gets the better of Alex Michelsen 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Saturday. Rinderknech will engage against Alexander Zverev in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Shanghai
Rinderknech's Record

Arthur added to his prize money $ 25,140 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 42,825 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rinderknech
Michelsen
6-3 6-4
1h:46
66
66
Total points
58
58
30
30
Winners
27
27
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
64%
64%
1st in
72%
72%
73%
73%
1st won
63%
63%
30/41
30/41
1st won
27/43
27/43
48%
48%
2nd won
47%
47%
11/23
11/23
2nd won
8/17
8/17
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/8
1/8
67%
67%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, Rinderknech scored 66 points vs. Alex’s 58.

Rinderknech

Rinderknech didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).

Michelsen

On the other side, Alex was struggling when converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and Michelsen is 3-0 for Arthur.

Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Rinderknech will come up against Zverev in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rinderknech (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rinderknech won 7-63 6-78 6-3 6-75 6-4 in the 1st round in Wimbledon back in July 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rinderknech 6-3
RinderknechMichelsen
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
RinderknechMichelsen
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
RinderknechMichelsen
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RinderknechMichelsen
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RinderknechMichelsen
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RinderknechMichelsen
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
RinderknechMichelsen
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
RinderknechMichelsen
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
RinderknechMichelsen
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RinderknechMichelsen
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Arthur won the set after he broke Michelsen in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.

Alex was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Arthur converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Michelsen was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 65 points. Rinderknech conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Alex (36-29). The French player surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, Alex conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

2nd Set -
Rinderknech 6-4
RinderknechMichelsen
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RinderknechMichelsen
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RinderknechMichelsen
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RinderknechMichelsen
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RinderknechMichelsen
2
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
RinderknechMichelsen
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RinderknechMichelsen
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
RinderknechMichelsen
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RinderknechMichelsen
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Arthur won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th

(2-3) game, Arthur broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

The American was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Arthur was on the money in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Alex converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 59 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Arthur won barely 1 point more than the American (30-29). The French player dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

1st
Rinderknech
Michelsen
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Rinderknech
Michelsen
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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