On Saturday, Alex Michelsen (No. 43 in the world) faces Novak Djokovic (No. 4) in the Round of 64 of the Rolex Shanghai Masters. In this matchup, Djokovic is the favorite (-500) versus Michelsen (+333) .

Michelsen’s last competition was on September 29, 2024 at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, when he fell 6-7, 3-6 to Tomas Machac in the quarterfinals.

Djokovic is coming off a four-set loss in his last match on August 30, 2024 in the Round of 32 at the US Open to Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6).

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Michelsen vs. Djokovic match information

• Tournament: The Rolex Shanghai Masters
• Round: Round of 64
• Date: Saturday, October 5
• Venue: Qi Zhong Tennis Center
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Court Surface: Hard

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Match odds

Michelsen stats

• Michelsen has played 24.0 games per match (22.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 65 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces).
• Michelsen has played 23.7 games per match (22.2 in best-of-three matches) in his 43 matches on hard courts over the past 12 months.
• Over the past 12 months, Michelsen has won 24.9% of his return games and 78.5% of his service games.
• On hard courts over the past 12 months, Michelsen has won 27.8% of his return games and 80.3% of his service games.
• Over his last 10 tournaments, Michelsen has won 25.3% of his return games and 83.9% of his service games.
• Michelsen has converted 42.1% of his break-point chances overall (175 of 416) over the past 12 months.
• Over his last 10 tournaments, Michelsen has converted 85 of 194 (43.8%) break points on all surfaces.

Djokovic stats

• In the past year, Djokovic has played 48 total matches (across all court surfaces), winning 57.9% of the games. He averages 26.6 games per match (23.4 in best-of-three matches) and 9.9 games per set.
• Djokovic is averaging 30.1 games per match (28.0 in best-of-three matches) and 10.4 games per set through 21 matches on hard courts in the past year.
• Djokovic has a service game winning percentage of 85.4% on all surfaces (548-for-642 in service games) and a return game winning percentage of 30.3% (193-for-637 in return games).
• Djokovic has 275 wins in 316 service games on hard courts (87.0%), and 82 wins in 316 return games (25.9%).
• Djokovic has won 31.3% of his return games over his last 10 tournaments, and 84.8% of his service games.
• Djokovic is 44th in break point win percentage in the past 12 months, at 41.9% after going 178-for-425.
• Over his last 10 tournaments, Djokovic has converted 164 of 395 (41.5%) break points on all surfaces.