Alex Michelsen and Sebastian Ofner will play each other in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on PIETRANGELI. 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 Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.66
Alex Michelsen -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Sebastian Ofner
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Michelsen and Sebastian Ofner play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Michelsen and Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ofner won 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Mallorca back in 2024.
Highlights Sebastian Ofner vs Alex Michelsen – Mallorca 27-June-2024
Alex Michelsen
14 - 11win/loss
34
30
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-20 | 25-10 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 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. 42, Alex will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Aix En Provence Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Martin in the 2nd round on the 30th of April.
Michelsen has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2026, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Michelsen’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.
Talking about his overall career, Michelsen has an overall 172-109 record. He has a negative 16-22 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Sebastian Ofner
20 - 11win/loss
117
37
LWWLLLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-25 | 1-8 | 17-14 | 10-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 20-19 | 0-5 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, the Austrian will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Aix En Provence Challenger where he lost 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) to Hijikata in the 2nd round on the 30th of April.
Sebastian has an overall 20-11 win-loss record in 2026, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the St. Brieuc Challenger where he beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-4 7-6(4) and the Thionville Challenger where he beat Nicolai Budkov Kjaer in the final 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(7).
In terms of his career, Sebastian has an overall 356-268 record. He has a positive 175-127 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2025. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-3 5-7 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-73 7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-3 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 4-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-6 6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Nuno BorgesBorges – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
