Who Will Win: Michelsen Vs Griekspoor? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Alex Michelsen Play Against Tallon Griekspoor?

Michelsen and Griekspoor are on the Day 2 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Tuesday 13 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In the match between Alex Michelsen from the USA and Tallon Griekspoor from the Netherlands, Griekspoor has the lead in their head-to-head meetings with a score of 1-0. The match took place in the R64 round of the ATP Masters 1000 Miami tournament, which is played on hard court.

Tallon Griekspoor won the match against Alex Michelsen with a score of 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 6-4.

Alex Michelsen is 19 years old and currently ranked 57th in the world. His career-high ranking is No. 55, which he achieved in July 2024. In the same year, he reached his second ATP Tour final in Newport, where he held 1 match point against Giron in the final.

Michelsen became the youngest American man to reach the 3rd round of a Grand Slam since Donald Young in the 2007 US Open. He achieved this feat at the Australian Open.

In 2023, Michelsen earned his first ATP Tour win and reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final in Newport. This made him the youngest American ATP Tour finalist since Fritz in the 2016 Memphis tournament.

In 2024, Michelsen defeated No. 9 de Minaur, which is considered the biggest win of his career so far. However, he squandered 3 match points in the quarterfinals against eventual champion Thompson in Los Cabos.

In the Challenger circuit, Michelsen has a record of 35-18, with 2 final appearances. He won titles in Chicago and Knoxville in 2023.

Michelsen reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in ITF Juniors and won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title in 2022 with Gorzny.

He started playing tennis at

the age of 3 and practiced with his mother, who was a former college player, until he was 15 years old.

It is worth noting that both of Michelsen’s career ATP Masters 1000 wins were achieved on home soil in 2024. He defeated Munar in Indian Wells and Klein in Miami. He has qualified for ATP events 4 times in 2024 (Brisbane, Auckland, Halle).

On the other hand, Tallon Griekspoor is 28 years old and currently ranked 41st in the world. His career-high ranking is No. 21, which he achieved in the year.

In 2023, Griekspoor had his best season with a personal-best of 36 wins. He won his first ATP Tour title in Pune and reached a career-high ranking of No. 23 in October.

He also won his second title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in his home country in 2023. He had notable victories during that time, including a come-from-behind win over No. 8 Hurkacz and wins over other top-ranked players like Wawrinka, Khachanov, Karatsev, and A. Zverev, earning him his first 5 of 11 career Top-20 wins on home soil.

In 2021, Griekspoor had a successful season on the ATP Challenger Tour, with an 8-0 record in finals and an overall record of 42-7. He set a single-season record for most titles and ended the season with 25 consecutive wins.

It is worth mentioning that Griekspoor is currently seeking his first hard-court win since defeating Michelsen at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in March. In his Cincinnati debut last year, he lost to American Tiafoe. He is currently two wins away from capturing his 50th hard-court tour-level win (48-51).

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Michelsen will win.
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