H2H data updated: 2026-10-17 00:00 UTC
Frances Tiafoe holds a 3–0 lead over Alex Michelsen in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Frances Tiafoe leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Frances Tiafoe won the 2026 US Open quarterfinal 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6(6).
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| Player | Score | Player | Match Data | Date | Round | Tournament | Category | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Tiafoe | 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6(6) | Alex Michelsen | Match data | Sep 8, 2026 | QF | US Open | Grand Slam | Hard |
| Frances Tiafoe | 7-5 6-1 | Alex Michelsen | Match data | Apr 5, 2025* | QF | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship | ATP 250 | Clay |
| Frances Tiafoe | 6-4 6-3 | Alex Michelsen | Match data | Feb 9, 2024* | R16 | Dallas Open | ATP 250 | Hard |
Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Tiafoe | #10 | #8 | 3,380 | 2,030 | 268 | 218 | 55.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Alex Michelsen | #35 | #30 | 1,670 | 1,904 | 89 | 80 | 52.7% | 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 | Frances Tiafoe | Alex Michelsen | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | W-L | Win % | Rank | Elo | GS | Titles | Yr | W-L | Win % | Rank | Elo | GS | Titles | |
| 16 | 2014 | 0–1 | 0.0% | — | 1,469 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | 2015 | 1–5 | 16.7% | #176 | 1,487 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2016 | 1–6 | 14.3% | #108 | 1,507 | 0 | 0 | 2023 | 7–5 | 58.3% | #97 | 1,621 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 2017 | 7–17 | 29.2% | #79 | 1,706 | 0 | 0 | 2024 | 31–29 | 51.7% | #41 | 1,840 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 2018 | 27–22 | 55.1% | #39 | 1,818 | 0 | 1 | 2025 | 24–26 | 48.0% | #38 | 1,741 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 2019 | 21–25 | 45.7% | #47 | 1,800 | 0 | 1 | 2026 | 27–20 | 57.4% | #35 | 1,867 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 2020 | 9–11 | 45.0% | #59 | 1,815 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2021 | 32–24 | 57.1% | #38 | 1,927 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | 2022 | 34–23 | 59.6% | #19 | 1,979 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 2023 | 34–19 | 64.2% | #16 | 1,896 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | 2024 | 32–25 | 56.1% | #18 | 1,898 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | 2025 | 26–21 | 55.3% | #30 | 1,814 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | 2026 | 44–19 | 69.8% | #10 | 1,986 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | Frances Tiafoe | 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 % | |||
| 16 | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16.7% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 19 | 2017 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31.6% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3% | 2024 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 56.1% | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33.3% | 5 | 5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | 2018 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 53.1% | 6 | 5 | 11 | 54.5% | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66.7% | 2025 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 50.0% | 2 | 5 | 7 | 28.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 | 55.6% |
| 21 | 2019 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 48.5% | 4 | 5 | 9 | 44.4% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0% | 2026 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 61.8% | 6 | 6 | 12 | 50.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 22 | 2020 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2021 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 61.0% | 3 | 5 | 8 | 37.5% | 4 | 3 | 7 | 57.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | 2022 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 62.2% | 8 | 6 | 14 | 57.1% | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 2023 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 59.4% | 8 | 4 | 12 | 66.7% | 7 | 2 | 9 | 77.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | 2024 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 58.5% | 5 | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | 2025 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 53.8% | 11 | 7 | 18 | 61.1% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | 2026 | 28 | 13 | 41 | 68.3% | 7 | 4 | 11 | 63.6% | 9 | 2 | 11 | 81.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 183 | 148 | 331 | 55.3% | 52 | 48 | 100 | 52.0% | 33 | 22 | 55 | 60.0% | — | 64 | 51 | 115 | 55.7% | 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 484/487 of Frances Tiafoe's and 169/169 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 | Frances Tiafoe | 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% | |
| 16 | 2014 | 1/1 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 54.9% | 74.4% | 40.6% | 75.0% | 33.3% | 59.2% | 28.6% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | 2015 | 6/6 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 59.8% | 71.7% | 48.9% | 60.8% | 21.2% | 62.2% | 30.4% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2016 | 7/7 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 64.1% | 67.8% | 52.2% | 49.8% | 35.1% | 62.1% | 34.6% | 2023 | 12/12 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 66.1% | 71.1% | 52.2% | 63.6% | 41.6% | 65.0% | 35.1% |
| 19 | 2017 | 24/24 | 8.1 | 3.1 | 58.9% | 70.8% | 52.8% | 50.2% | 39.0% | 63.2% | 34.2% | 2024 | 60/60 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 67.8% | 69.2% | 52.2% | 61.5% | 46.9% | 63.6% | 37.6% |
| 20 | 2018 | 49/49 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 61.0% | 72.9% | 52.9% | 61.8% | 40.6% | 65.0% | 35.2% | 2025 | 50/50 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 65.1% | 68.9% | 48.9% | 52.4% | 36.4% | 62.0% | 36.2% |
| 21 | 2019 | 46/46 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 65.4% | 70.9% | 50.9% | 53.2% | 39.8% | 64.2% | 35.5% | 2026 | 47/47 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 64.4% | 72.8% | 51.3% | 61.7% | 39.3% | 65.3% | 37.0% |
| 22 | 2020 | 20/20 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 63.1% | 69.7% | 50.0% | 59.7% | 43.0% | 62.4% | 37.0% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2021 | 54/56 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 61.0% | 72.0% | 53.5% | 60.2% | 40.5% | 64.9% | 36.6% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | 2022 | 57/57 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 58.0% | 73.6% | 52.9% | 66.2% | 40.3% | 64.9% | 35.6% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 2023 | 53/53 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 60.0% | 77.0% | 52.9% | 62.6% | 43.2% | 67.4% | 35.9% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | 2024 | 57/57 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 59.2% | 74.6% | 54.1% | 62.6% | 38.0% | 66.1% | 35.1% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | 2025 | 47/47 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 56.1% | 74.5% | 52.0% | 56.9% | 41.1% | 64.5% | 37.3% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | 2026 | 63/64 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 61.1% | 74.3% | 54.4% | 62.0% | 41.7% | 66.3% | 35.8% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | Frances Tiafoe | 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 | 2014 | 1469 | 99.7 | -1.83 | -1.00 | 0.700 | 45.7% | — | — | — | 0.0% | -2.00 | — | — | — | +0.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | 2015 | 1488 | 112.1 | -2.26 | -2.21 | 0.806 | 46.2% | +2 | — | — | 23.5% | -1.59 | 1–2 (33%) | 3–2 (60%) | 100.8 | -0.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | 2016 | 1508 | 116.9 | -1.57 | +0.56 | 0.914 | 48.1% | -4 | — | — | 30.0% | -0.85 | 1–3 (25%) | 1–5 (17%) | 98.5 | 0.00 | 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 | 2017 | 1706 | 146.8 | -0.17 | -0.03 | 0.930 | 48.7% | +4 | — | -121 | 38.2% | -0.41 | 2–8 (20%) | 2–11 (15%) | 92.8 | -1.15 | 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 | 2018 | 1818 | 149.3 | +0.75 | +0.31 | 1.007 | 50.2% | -22 | -216 | -116 | 51.6% | +0.02 | 11–7 (61%) | 14–11 (56%) | 108.6 | -1.15 | 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 | 2019 | 1801 | 153.7 | +0.57 | +0.02 | 0.990 | 49.7% | +31 | -161 | -153 | 48.4% | -0.29 | 6–16 (27%) | 14–10 (58%) | 94.8 | -0.49 | 2026 | 1867 | 154.6 | +1.24 | +1.86 | 1.067 | 51.1% | +33 | -249 | — | 58.4% | +0.31 | 7–9 (44%) | 13–9 (59%) | 102.6 | -1.99 |
| 22 | 2020 | 1815 | 147.6 | -0.28 | -0.04 | 0.984 | 49.6% | +51 | — | — | 50.0% | -0.24 | 2–6 (25%) | 7–5 (58%) | 98.5 | -1.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2021 | 1928 | 156.0 | +2.07 | +0.36 | 1.042 | 50.8% | +30 | -311 | -225 | 56.4% | +0.34 | 11–11 (50%) | 18–17 (51%) | 101.4 | -0.63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | 2022 | 1979 | 154.0 | +1.43 | +0.08 | 1.012 | 50.3% | +23 | -267 | -209 | 58.6% | +0.17 | 12–11 (52%) | 28–14 (67%) | 106.5 | +1.05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 2023 | 1897 | 150.5 | +2.85 | +0.22 | 1.098 | 51.3% | +6 | -77 | -40 | 62.2% | +0.70 | 6–5 (55%) | 19–13 (59%) | 101.5 | +2.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | 2024 | 1899 | 146.6 | +1.42 | +0.07 | 1.034 | 50.5% | +7 | -144 | -43 | 52.7% | +0.10 | 11–9 (55%) | 20–18 (53%) | 98.7 | +3.04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | 2025 | 1815 | 142.8 | +0.01 | +0.86 | 1.051 | 50.7% | +15 | -1 | -11 | 57.5% | +0.21 | 6–10 (38%) | 15–7 (68%) | 97.0 | +3.26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | 2026 | 1986 | 155.6 | +1.31 | +1.13 | 1.064 | 51.1% | +13 | -136 | -77 | 62.1% | +0.65 | 17–7 (71%) | 19–18 (51%) | 105.0 | +1.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 2031 | 155.5 | +1.11 | +0.32 | 1.024 | 50.4% | +14 | -150 | -109 | 54.4% | +0.16 | 86–95 (48%) | 160–131 (55%) | 101.9 | +1.33 | — | 1905 | 147.8 | -0.32 | +1.29 | 1.015 | 50.3% | +15 | -265 | -13 | 52.6% | +0.12 | 27–29 (48%) | 43–42 (51%) | 100.6 | -0.26 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Fritz | 2 | 7 | 9 | Jun 21, 2026 | H2H |
| Alexander Zverev | 1 | 8 | 9 | Mar 10, 2026 | H2H |
| Daniel Evans | 5 | 4 | 9 | Jun 19, 2025 | H2H |
| Brandon Nakashima | 7 | 1 | 8 | Aug 22, 2026 | H2H |
| Sebastian Korda | 4 | 4 | 8 | Feb 11, 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 |