

What Time Will Alex De Minaur Play Against Alex Michelsen?
Minaur and Michelsen are on the Day 9 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Monday 20 January. 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?
Match Overview:
The 8th seed, Alex de Minaur from Australia, will face off against Alex Michelsen from the USA. This will be their third meeting, with their head-to-head record currently tied at 1-1. Their previous matches took place at the 2024 Los Cabos tournament on hard court, where Michelsen won 6-4, 6-1, and at the 2024 Roland Garros on clay court, where De Minaur emerged victorious with a score of 6-1, 6-0, 6-2.
De Minaur’s Performance:
De Minaur is coming off a second-round victory over Tristan Boyer. He has a 6-4 record against American players in Grand Slam tournaments and a 33-18 record against American players at the Tour-level overall. This is his eighth appearance at the Australian Open, and he is aiming to reach his fifth Grand Slam quarterfinal. He is bidding to become the third Australian man in the last 20 years to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. If he succeeds, he will become the first active Australian player to reach five or more Grand Slam quarterfinals. De Minaur is currently ranked 8th in the ATP rankings.
Zhizhen Zhang
Hubert Hurkacz
Amanda Anisimova
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Alexander Zverev
Dusan Lajovic
Mackenzie Mcdonald
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Reilly Opelka
Brandon Nakashima
Hugo Gaston
Federico Coria
Alexander Bublik
Ugo Humbert
Arthur Rinderknech
Cameron Norrie
Daniel Altmaier
Otto Virtanen
Karen Khachanov
Hamad Medjedovic
Laslo Djere
Alejandro Tabilo
Mariano Navone
Holger Rune
Taylor Fritz
Bu Yunchaokete
Ethan Quinn
Marcos Giron
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Francisco Cerundolo
Michelsen’s Performance:
Michelsen defeated James McCabe in the second round to reach the round of 16. He has a 7-4 record against Australian players at the Tour-level overall and a 2-1 record against them in Grand Slam tournaments. Michelsen is bidding to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal and defeat a top 10 player at a Grand Slam for the first time. He is currently ranked 42nd in the ATP rankings.
Overall:
If De Minaur wins, it will be his second victory against Michelsen at a Grand Slam and his second win on hard court against him. Additionally, this will be the 1120th men’s singles match between Australian and American players in the Open Era, with American players leading the head-to-head record 615-504.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Minaur will win.
Matchstat.com has an Artificial Intelligence (Ai) prediction model that is trained on all professional ATP and WTA past matches.
To find out who our model thinks will win for Alex De Minaur vs Alex Michelsen, have a look at the prediction here:
Matchstat.com Alex De Minaur vs Alex Michelsen prediction.