H2H data updated: 2026-10-08 00:00 UTC
Carlos Alcaraz holds a 1–0 lead over Alex Michelsen in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Carlos Alcaraz leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Carlos Alcaraz won the 2026 Japan Open first round 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1.
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| Player | Score | Player | Match Data | Date | Round | Tournament | Category | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alcaraz | 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1 | Alex Michelsen | Match data | Oct 1, 2026 | R32 | Japan Open | ATP 500 | Hard |
Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.
| Player | Current | Peak | Pts | Elo | W | L | Win % | GS | 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories | Finals | 500 including documented historical predecessor categories | 250 including documented historical predecessor categories | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alcaraz | #3 | #1 | 13,650 | 2,406 | 298 | 68 | 81.4% | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| Alex Michelsen | #35 | #30 | 1,670 | 1,904 | 89 | 79 | 53.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.
| Age | Carlos Alcaraz | Alex Michelsen | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | W-L | Win % | Rank | Elo | GS | Titles | Yr | W-L | Win % | Rank | Elo | GS | Titles | |
| 17 | 2020 | 1–1 | 50.0% | #141 | 1,482 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2021 | 27–17 | 61.4% | #32 | 1,945 | 0 | 1 | 2023 | 7–5 | 58.3% | #97 | 1,621 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 2022 | 55–12 | 82.1% | #1 | 2,151 | 1 | 6 | 2024 | 31–29 | 51.7% | #41 | 1,840 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 2023 | 65–12 | 84.4% | #2 | 2,210 | 2 | 12 | 2025 | 24–26 | 48.0% | #38 | 1,741 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 2024 | 49–13 | 79.0% | #3 | 2,177 | 4 | 16 | 2026 | 27–19 | 58.7% | #35 | 1,885 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 2025 | 70–8 | 89.7% | #1 | 2,352 | 6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2026 | 31–5 | 86.1% | #3 | 2,322 | 7 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.
| Age | Carlos Alcaraz | Alex Michelsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yr | Hard | Clay | Grass | Yr | Hard | Clay | Grass | |||||||||||||||||||
| W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | |||
| 17 | 2020 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2021 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 60.0% | 11 | 6 | 17 | 64.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 19 | 2022 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 78.8% | 26 | 4 | 30 | 86.7% | 3 | 1 | 4 | 75.0% | 2024 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 56.1% | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33.3% | 5 | 5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | 2023 | 28 | 9 | 37 | 75.7% | 25 | 3 | 28 | 89.3% | 12 | 0 | 12 | 100.0% | 2025 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 50.0% | 2 | 5 | 7 | 28.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 | 55.6% |
| 21 | 2024 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 75.0% | 17 | 4 | 21 | 81.0% | 8 | 1 | 9 | 88.9% | 2026 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 63.6% | 6 | 6 | 12 | 50.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 22 | 2025 | 37 | 6 | 43 | 86.0% | 22 | 1 | 23 | 95.7% | 11 | 1 | 12 | 91.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2026 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 89.7% | 5 | 2 | 7 | 71.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 156 | 43 | 199 | 78.4% | 107 | 21 | 128 | 83.6% | 35 | 4 | 39 | 89.7% | — | 64 | 50 | 114 | 56.1% | 11 | 17 | 28 | 39.3% | 14 | 12 | 26 | 53.8% |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 354/366 of Carlos Alcaraz's and 168/168 of Alex Michelsen's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.
| Age | Carlos Alcaraz | Alex Michelsen | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% | Yr | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% | |
| 17 | 2020 | 2/2 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 63.6% | 68.8% | 42.1% | 55.6% | 24.8% | 58.7% | 42.5% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2021 | 44/44 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 62.2% | 67.8% | 52.6% | 51.4% | 42.9% | 62.1% | 40.0% | 2023 | 12/12 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 66.1% | 71.1% | 52.2% | 63.6% | 41.6% | 65.0% | 35.1% |
| 19 | 2022 | 67/67 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 66.0% | 73.0% | 56.1% | 62.1% | 43.0% | 67.3% | 42.6% | 2024 | 60/60 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 67.8% | 69.2% | 52.2% | 61.5% | 46.9% | 63.6% | 37.6% |
| 20 | 2023 | 77/77 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 66.2% | 73.1% | 57.2% | 64.7% | 44.9% | 67.7% | 42.8% | 2025 | 50/50 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 65.1% | 68.9% | 48.9% | 52.4% | 36.4% | 62.0% | 36.2% |
| 21 | 2024 | 56/62 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 65.1% | 73.1% | 57.5% | 61.3% | 44.2% | 67.9% | 43.0% | 2026 | 46/46 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 64.4% | 72.9% | 51.3% | 62.3% | 40.1% | 65.3% | 37.2% |
| 22 | 2025 | 73/78 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 64.3% | 75.3% | 57.7% | 56.8% | 47.7% | 69.0% | 43.5% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2026 | 35/36 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 67.9% | 73.2% | 55.7% | 57.0% | 44.1% | 67.8% | 43.2% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.
| Age | Carlos Alcaraz | Alex Michelsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win % | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Pressure+ | Schedule | Yr | Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win % | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Pressure+ | Schedule | |
| 16 | 2019 | 1483 | 98.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | 2020 | 1482 | 107.0 | -0.50 | -2.06 | 1.030 | 50.1% | — | — | — | 50.0% | -0.34 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | +0.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2021 | 1946 | 152.8 | -0.39 | +3.12 | 1.056 | 50.8% | -84 | -134 | — | 56.5% | +0.57 | 10–4 (71%) | 12–10 (55%) | 109.1 | -0.30 | 2023 | 1622 | 115.1 | -0.82 | +0.35 | 1.002 | 50.3% | -82 | — | +75 | 54.8% | +0.32 | 3–1 (75%) | 3–2 (60%) | 104.6 | +0.10 |
| 19 | 2022 | 2152 | 173.2 | +4.22 | +6.15 | 1.303 | 54.3% | -39 | -5 | -428 | 73.5% | +1.49 | 17–7 (71%) | 20–15 (57%) | 108.5 | -1.73 | 2024 | 1841 | 148.9 | -0.56 | +2.41 | 1.035 | 50.8% | +17 | -314 | -94 | 51.7% | +0.21 | 8–13 (38%) | 15–19 (44%) | 95.1 | +0.19 |
| 20 | 2023 | 2210 | 173.2 | +4.42 | +7.26 | 1.326 | 54.7% | -46 | +78 | -84 | 77.7% | +1.59 | 12–6 (67%) | 19–9 (68%) | 105.7 | -2.16 | 2025 | 1741 | 137.0 | -1.37 | -0.36 | 0.951 | 48.9% | +12 | -228 | +19 | 47.1% | -0.23 | 9–6 (60%) | 12–12 (50%) | 100.4 | +1.26 |
| 21 | 2024 | 2178 | 171.8 | +3.87 | +7.51 | 1.337 | 54.7% | -56 | +142 | +137 | 73.8% | +1.61 | 7–3 (70%) | 17–12 (59%) | 102.8 | -1.46 | 2026 | 1886 | 154.5 | +1.25 | +2.01 | 1.073 | 51.2% | +33 | -268 | — | 59.3% | +0.35 | 7–9 (44%) | 13–9 (59%) | 102.6 | -1.96 |
| 22 | 2025 | 2353 | 173.1 | +5.38 | +7.90 | 1.402 | 55.5% | -76 | +49 | -15 | 78.8% | +1.89 | 16–4 (80%) | 16–10 (62%) | 103.9 | -3.35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2026 | 2322 | 169.5 | +3.24 | +7.12 | 1.341 | 54.9% | -32 | +80 | — | 80.9% | +1.89 | 6–2 (75%) | 12–7 (63%) | 101.1 | -0.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 2407 | 174.0 | +3.75 | +6.64 | 1.299 | 54.3% | -56 | +35 | -45 | 74.1% | +1.54 | 69–27 (72%) | 98–63 (61%) | 112.2 | -2.46 | — | 1905 | 147.7 | -0.32 | +1.33 | 1.016 | 50.3% | +15 | -273 | -13 | 52.8% | +0.13 | 27–29 (48%) | 43–42 (51%) | 100.6 | -0.24 |
Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.
| Opponent | W | L | M | Last Played | H2H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jannik Sinner | 10 | 7 | 17 | Apr 12, 2026 | H2H |
| Alexander Zverev | 7 | 6 | 13 | Jan 30, 2026 | H2H |
| Novak Djokovic | 5 | 5 | 10 | Feb 1, 2026 | H2H |
| Tommy Paul | 7 | 2 | 9 | Sep 6, 2026 | H2H |
| Daniil Medvedev | 6 | 3 | 9 | Mar 14, 2026 | H2H |
| Opponent | W | L | M | Last Played | H2H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Fritz | 2 | 2 | 4 | Aug 16, 2026 | H2H |
| Adrian Mannarino | 3 | 1 | 4 | Jul 29, 2026 | H2H |
| Learner Tien | 3 | 1 | 4 | May 21, 2026 | H2H |
| Arthur Rinderknech | 0 | 4 | 4 | Apr 13, 2026 | H2H |
| Daniil Medvedev | 0 | 4 | 4 | Mar 11, 2026 | H2H |