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Alex Michelsen vs Carlos Alcaraz (2)

ATP 1000 · Rolex Paris Masters
Round 2 · Hard · Best of 3 · · Paris, France

CA
Our pick
CACarlos Alcaraz
83% to win
ModelMichelsen 17%Alcaraz 83%

No betting line yet, so no market chance to compare.

Not a promise: a 83% pick still loses about 2 times in 10.

How it plays out

71%straight sets
29%goes to a third set
22.5games on average (16 to 32, 8 times in 10)

Set score (best of 3)

AM 2-08%
AM 2-19%
CA 2-120%
CA 2-063%

Fair game spread: Alcaraz by about 4.5 games; fair total 20.5 games. From an exact model of tennis scoring (points, games, tiebreaks, sets) fed the win chance above, fitted to the real game counts of recent ATP matches on hard, with room for the day's form, so blowouts and long matches show up about as often as they really do.

The line

MarketAZMango
Moneylinen/aMichelsen +492
Alcaraz -492 fair
Game spreadn/aMichelsen +4.5 fair
Total gamesn/a20.5 fair

No line on this page yet. Sportsbooks price most tour matches once the order of play is out; we take a snapshot of tennis lines only when our shared odds budget allows. Game spread: "-3.5" wins if that player takes at least 4 more games than the other over the whole match. Total games counts every game, a tiebreak as one. If a player retires, most books settle the moneyline once a set is complete but void the spread and total; rules differ, so read your book's.

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Advantages Why Carlos Alcaraz can win

  1. Stronger overall record: an all-surface rating of 2202 to Michelsen's 1817
  2. Better on hard: a hard-court rating of 2121 to Michelsen's 1808
  3. Head to head: leads 1-0 in tour-level meetings since 2010
  4. More matches on hard: 214 to Michelsen's 137
  5. Fresher legs: 17 games played in the last three days to Michelsen's 31
  6. Seeded 2; Michelsen is unseeded
  7. Simulation: Alcaraz wins in straight sets 63% of the time

Disadvantages Why Carlos Alcaraz may not

  1. One break of serve can decide a set, and a tiebreak is close to a coin flip
  2. Injuries and retirements: about one tour match in 35 ends with a player quitting mid-match, and how a bet settles then depends on the sportsbook's rules
  3. Conditions: wind, heat, altitude, a new ball or a night session can change how a match plays
  4. Ratings lag: a player coming back from injury or on a sudden run is rated on older results
  5. Upset odds: Michelsen wins about 1 time in 6, and takes at least a set 37% of the time

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Side by side

AM MichelsenCA Alcaraz
–Seed2
USAFromESP
1813Rating for this match2162
1817Rating, all surfaces2202
1808Rating, hard courts only2121
5-5Last 10 matches9-1
196Tour-level matches since 2010382
137Matches on hard214
1 day agoLast match3 days ago
5Matches in the last 2 weeks5

Rating: an Elo rating from every tour-level singles result since 2010 (a win over a strong player counts more; a newcomer starts at 1400). The rating for this match blends the all-surface rating with the hard-court one, half and half.

Head to head: Michelsen 0-1 Alcaraz

  • CAKinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships · R17-6(1) 4-6 6-1Oct 2026

Tour-level singles since 2010, latest first (up to five). Scores read from the winner's side.

Last 5 matches

AM Alex Michelsen

  • WJiri Lehecka6-7(5) 6-2 6-4Rolex Paris Masters · R1
  • LArthur Fils4-6 6-3 7-6(5)Swiss Indoors Basel · R2
  • WBotic Van De Zandschulp5-7 6-3 6-3Swiss Indoors Basel · R1
  • LArthur Fils6-4 7-6(12)BNP Paribas Fortis European Open · QF
  • WDavid Goffin6-3 6-4BNP Paribas Fortis European Open · R2

CA Carlos Alcaraz

  • WAlex de Minaur6-1 6-4Erste Bank Open · F
  • WDaniil Medvedev6-4 7-6(2)Erste Bank Open · SF
  • WTommy Paul6-4 7-6(2)Erste Bank Open · QF
  • WNikoloz Basilashvili6-1 7-6(11)Erste Bank Open · R2
  • WKaren Khachanov6-4 7-6(5)Erste Bank Open · R1

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What changed

Nothing since our first call ().

How we get these numbers: our own ratings from every tour-level singles match since 2010, by surface, with rest, recent workload and head to head; the betting market's chance where we have a line. See how it holds up · This matchup on its own

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