Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Pedro Sakamoto will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 1.61
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Pedro Sakamoto
This will be the 2nd time that Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Pedro Sakamoto square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 306, Felipe reached the semifinal after defeating Benjamin Lock 6-4 6-1, Mohamed Safwat 6-3 7-67 and Dmitry Popko 2-6 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter against Popko, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 89 points vs Popko’s 84. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves broke Popko 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (169-97). 14-7 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a 147-80 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Felipe has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2020, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Felipe didn’t compete in the Sao Paulo Challenger in 2019.
Pedro Sakamoto
Ranked no. 308, Pedro got to the semifinal after beating Igor Ribeiro Marcondes 6-1 6-77 7-5, Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-64 7-5 and Maxime Janvier 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the quarter, Pedro defeated Janvier (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Sakamoto scored 93 points vs Janvier’s 76. Sakamoto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Pedro Sakamoto was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sakamoto broke Janvier 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Pedro’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Lima.
Sakamoto has a 18-12 win-loss record in 2020, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 81 |
| Pts | 223-192 | 314-270 |
| Total Points | 415 | 584 |
| Winners | 86 | 123 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Sakamoto played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded 1 set, while Pedro Sakamoto dropper 2 sets. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 1 set(s) less than Sakamoto (7 vs 8). Therefore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 16 games less than Sakamoto. The Brazilian scored 86 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro blasted 123 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 129/207 | 181/284 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 86/129 | 123/181 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 48/78 | 48/103 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 47% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 9 aces (3 per match). Sakamoto struck 3 aces (1 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 18 |
| Converted | 12/17 | 18/35 |
| % Converted | 71% | 51% |
| Conceded | 17 | 32 |
| Saved | 12 | 22 |
| % Saved | 71% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 10 |
The Brazilian broke his opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. Sakamoto conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | |||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Safwat |
1/4 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-67 | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 26 | 65 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 75-69 | 89-84 | 223-192 | |
| Total points | 98 | 144 | 173 | 415 | |
| Winners | 16 | 32 | 38 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 49/78 | 57/88 | 129/207 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 32/49 | 38/57 | 86/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 18/29 | 16/31 | 48/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 62% | 52% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 12/17 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 57% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 8/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 73% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sakamoto | |||||
| R1 Ribeiro Marcondes |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
1/4 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-77 7-5 | 7-64 7-5 | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 25 | 24 | 81 | |
| pts | 125-100 | 96-94 | 93-76 | 314-270 | |
| Total points | 225 | 190 | 169 | 584 | |
| Winners | 53 | 31 | 39 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 75/117 | 53/88 | 53/79 | 181/284 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 53/75 | 31/53 | 39/53 | 123/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 58% | 74% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 15/35 | 14/26 | 48/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 43% | 54% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 6/15 | 4/9 | 18/35 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 40% | 44% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 10 | 6 | 32 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 5/10 | 5/6 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 83% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Joao MenezesMenezes (2-0) – H2H and prediction
