Who Will Win: Michelsen Vs Hong? Prediction For ATP Mubadala Citi Dc Open 2024

What Time Will Alex Michelsen Play Against Seongchan Hong?

Michelsen and Hong are on the Day 4 Schedule at Mubadala Citi Dc Open 2024 on Thursday 1 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?

[15] This match is between Alex Michelsen from the USA and Seongchan Hong from South Korea. This is their first meeting at the tour-level. They have met twice before in Challenger tournaments, with Michelsen winning both matches. In their most recent encounter in the 2023 Rome Challenger, Michelsen won after a three-set battle, with a final score of 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. In their previous meeting in the 2023 Stanford Challenger, Michelsen also emerged victorious after losing the first set, with a final score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.

Alex Michelsen, 19 years old, is currently ranked World No. 60 in the ATP rankings. His career-high ranking is No. 55, achieved in July 2024. In 2024, he had a win-loss record of 17-19, with his best result being a runner-up finish at Newport. He also had a successful run at the Washington Open, where he reached the second round.

Michelsen’s achievements include being the youngest American player in the top 200 of the PIF ATP Rankings. He reached his career-high ranking in July 2024 and reached his second ATP Tour final at Newport, where he had a match point against Giron. He became the youngest American man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Young in the 2007 US Open, achieving this feat at the Australian Open. He earned his first ATP Tour win and reached his first quarterfinal, semifinal, and final at the 2023 Newport tournament. This made him the youngest American ATP Tour finalist since Fritz in 2016 Memphis.

In 2024 Los Cabos, he achieved the biggest win of his career by defeating No. 9 de Minaur in the second round. However, he lost in the quarterfinals despite having three match points against the eventual champion, Thompson. In the Challenger circuit, he has a record of 35-18, with two final appearances. He has won titles at the 2023 Chicago and Knoxville tournaments. During his junior career, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in ITF Juniors and won the Wimbledon

boys’ doubles title in 2022 partnering with Gorzny. Michelsen started playing tennis at the age of 3 and trained with his mother, who is a former college player, until he turned 15.

It is worth noting that Michelsen is the highest-ranked teenager among three Americans in the top 100, with Mensik ranked No. 65 and Shang ranked No. 73. Michelsen is aiming to reach his sixth ATP Tour quarterfinal in order to become the youngest American man to do so in the history of the Washington Open since Roddick, who achieved this feat at the age of 18 in 2001.

Seongchan Hong is 27 years old and currently ranked World No. 175. His career-high ranking is No. 172, achieved in April 2024. As a former junior World No. 2, he earned his first ATP ranking point at the age of 15. He broke into the top 500 in 2016 and reached the top 200 in April 2023. His ATP Tour debut was in 2015 Davis Cup, where he defeated Ismailov for his first win. He earned his first ATP Tour win outside of Davis Cup play in the 2024 Washington Open against No. 89 Walton. His biggest win came against No. 21 Khachanov, which helped him reach the third round of the 2024 Washington Open.

In the Challenger circuit, Hong has a record of 56-57 and has reached three finals, winning his first title at the 2022 Matsuyama tournament as a qualifier. During his junior career, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 and had notable achievements such as reaching the final of the 2015 Australian Open boys’ singles (losing to Safiullin) and ending his junior career with a 14-match winning streak in singles, defeating future No. 2 Ruud in the 2016 ITF Junior Masters final.

It is worth mentioning that Hong earned the biggest win of his career against No. 21 Khachanov in the second round of the tournament. He now aims to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal, which would make him the second South Korean man in the tournament’s history to achieve this feat, following Lee in 2007.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Michelsen will win.
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