Alex Michelsen and Benjamin Bonzi will square off in the semifinal of the Moselle Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.78
Alex Michelsen -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Benjamin Bonzi

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Benjamin Bonzi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Ranked no. 44, Alex reached the semifinal after defeating Harold Mayot 6-3 6-1, Richard Gasquet 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(8) and Bu Yunchaokete 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter against Yunchaokete, Michelsen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 6-2 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 110 points vs Yunchaokete’s 96. The American was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen scored 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (52/72) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Yunchaokete 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Michelsen has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Michelsen has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (126-69). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has a compiled33-11 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Michelsen’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Newport and Salem.

Alex has a composed 42-32 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Metz

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Benjamin Bonzi

Ranked no. 124, Benjamin got to the semifinal after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-1 7-6(4), Manuel Guinard 6-2 6-3, Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3) 6-3, Casper Ruud 6-4 6-4 and Quentin Halys 6-3 7-6(1).

In the quarter, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-3 7-6¹). During the match Bonzi scored 67 points vs Halys’s 53. Bonzi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Bonzi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Bonzi was very efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Halys twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he overcame Sho Shimabukuro in the final 5-7 6-1 6-4 and the Roanne Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 7-5 6-1 and the St. Brieuc Challenger where he beat Lucas Pouille in the final 6-2 6-3.

The French player has a compiled 48-32 win-loss record in 2024, 22-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Michelsen	Bonzi
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	10
Tot Games	86	101
Pts	304-268	351-269
Total Points	572	620
Winners	158	161
%Winners	52%	46%

Michelsen played 3 matches while Bonzi competed in 5 matches. Bonzi started his run from the qualifications while Michelsen had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Michelsen lost 2 sets while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Michelsen has played 2 set(s) less than Bonzi (8 vs 10). Therefore, Michelsen played 15 games less than Bonzi. The American scored 158 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin struck 161 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Michelsen	Bonzi
Aces	30	28
Avg per match	10	5.6
1st in	217/288	188/284
%1st in	75%	66%
1st pts	158/217	161/188
%1st pts	73%	86%
2nd pts	36/71	58/96
%2nd pts	51%	60%

Michelsen recorded 30 aces (10 per match). Bonzi fired 28 aces (5.6 per match). Michelsen won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Bonzi won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Michelsen	Bonzi
Won	10	12
Converted	10/25	12/36
% Converted	40%	33%
Conceded	21	7
Saved	18	5
% Saved	86%	71%
Times Broken	3	2

The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Michelsen dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponents 12 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Michelsen
	R1 Mayot	R2 Gasquet	1/4 Yunchaokete	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-74 7-63 7-68	6-76 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	16	39	31	86
pts	67-50	127-122	110-96	304-268
Total points	117	249	206	572
Winners	35	71	52	158
%Winners	52%	56%	47%	52%
SERVE
Aces	7	13	10	30
Double Faults	2	2	4	8
1st in	47/68	98/124	72/96	217/288
% 1st in	69%	79%	75%	75%
1st pts	35/47	71/98	52/72	158/217
% 1st pts	74%	72%	72%	73%
2nd pts	9/21	14/26	13/24	36/71
% 2nd pts	43%	54%	54%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	1	5	10
Converted	4/5	1/6	5/14	10/25
Converted %	80%	17%	36%	40%
Conceded	9	3	9	21
Saved	9/9	2/3	7/9	18
Saved %	100%	67%	78%	82%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Bonzi
	Q1 Huesler	Q3 Guinard	R1 Bautista-Agut	R2 Ruud	1/4 Halys	Total
Score	6-1 7-64	6-2 6-3	7-63 6-3	6-4 6-4	6-3 7-61
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	20	17	22	20	22	101
pts	74-49	68-50	77-65	65-52	67-53	351-269
Total points	123	118	142	117	120	620
Winners	34	29	35	33	30	161
%Winners	46%	43%	45%	51%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	9	7	0	28
Double Faults	2	4	3	0	1	10
1st in	37/54	34/52	43/68	39/55	35/55	188/284
% 1st in	69%	65%	63%	71%	64%	66%
1st pts	34/37	29/34	35/43	33/39	30/35	161/188
% 1st pts	92%	85%	81%	85%	86%	86%
2nd pts	12/17	10/18	12/25	9/16	15/20	58/96
% 2nd pts	71%	56%	48%	56%	75%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	3	3	2	2	12
Converted	2/6	3/11	3/8	2/5	2/6	12/36
Converted %	33%	27%	38%	40%	33%	33%
Conceded	0	2	2	1	2	7
Saved	0/0	2/2	0/2	1/1	2/2	5
Saved %	–	100%	0%	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	2	0	0	2

Tennis Scores in Metz

• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-7⁶ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Zizou BergsBergs (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Albano OlivettiHerbert/Albano Olivetti – Manuel Guinard/Gregoire JacqGuinard/Gregoire Jacq (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Julian Cash/Lloyd GlasspoolCash/Lloyd Glasspool – Matwe Middelkoop/Jean-Julien RojerMiddelkoop/Jean-Julien Rojer (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Andrey RublevRublev (w/o) – See score progression
• Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Francisco CabralChoudary Bollipalli/Francisco Cabral – Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-1) – H2H and prediction