Frederico Ferreira Silva and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will play each other in the final of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frederico Ferreira Silva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frederico Ferreira Silva is the pick to win this match.
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 1.61
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Frederico Ferreira Silva vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
There is no head to head record between Frederico Ferreira Silva and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Ranked no. 203, the Portuguese reached the final after defeating Aziz Dougaz 4-6 7-65 6-1, Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 6-1, Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-5 6-2 and Joao Menezes 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal, Ferreira Silva had a good straight sets win against Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (6-4 6-3). During the match Ferreira Silva scored 57 points vs Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes’s 48. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ferreira Silva scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Frederico Ferreira Silva was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ferreira Silva broke Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Frederico has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Ferreira Silva has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (373-200). 11-6 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ferreira Silva has a 153-100 record in the last years on clay.
Ferreira Silva’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sao Paulo Challenger.
Frederico has a 16-14 win-loss record in 2020, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Sao Paulo Challenger
The Portuguese didn’t play in the Sao Paulo Challenger in 2019.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 306, the Brazilian reached the final after defeating Benjamin Lock 6-4 6-1, Mohamed Safwat 6-3 7-67, Dmitry Popko 2-6 6-3 6-3 and Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-2 6-4). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 67 points vs Sakamoto’s 48. Felipe was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was very effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Sakamoto 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger and the Sao Paulo Challenger.
The Brazilian has a 15-9 win-loss record in 2020, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ferreira Silva | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 83 |
| Pts | 302-253 | 290-240 |
| Total Points | 555 | 530 |
| Winners | 117 | 112 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Ferreira Silva and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frederico Ferreira Silva conceded 1 set, while Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ferreira Silva and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Ferreira Silva played 2 games more than Meligeni Rodrigues Alves. Ferreira Silva scored 117 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian made 112 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ferreira Silva | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 167/291 | 164/259 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 117/167 | 112/164 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 65/124 | 61/95 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 64% |
Ferreira Silva made 13 aces (3.3 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 13 aces (3.3 per match). Ferreira Silva won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ferreira Silva | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 15 |
| Converted | 16/30 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 53% | 56% |
| Conceded | 30 | 20 |
| Saved | 24 | 15 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Frederico broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ferreira Silva dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Felipe broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Felipe conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ferreira Silva | ||||||
| R1 Dougaz |
R2 Bellucci |
1/4 Ugo Carabelli |
1/2 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 85 | |
| pts | 99-88 | 68-49 | 78-68 | 57-48 | 302-253 | |
| Total points | 187 | 117 | 146 | 105 | 555 | |
| Winners | 40 | 21 | 32 | 24 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% | 41% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 30/58 | 50/89 | 34/56 | 167/291 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 56% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 21/30 | 32/50 | 24/34 | 117/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 64% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 15/28 | 20/39 | 14/22 | 65/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 54% | 51% | 64% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 67% | 75% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 7/8 | 13/14 | 2/3 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 88% | 93% | 67% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Safwat |
1/4 Popko |
1/2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-67 | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 83 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 75-69 | 89-84 | 67-48 | 290-240 | |
| Total points | 98 | 144 | 173 | 115 | 530 | |
| Winners | 16 | 32 | 38 | 26 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% | 43% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 49/78 | 57/88 | 35/52 | 164/259 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 65% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 32/49 | 38/57 | 26/35 | 112/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 67% | 74% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 18/29 | 16/31 | 13/17 | 61/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 62% | 52% | 76% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 3/10 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 57% | 30% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 8/11 | 3/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 73% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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