Francisco Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will face off in the semifinal of the Campinas Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA JOAO LIMA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.62
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
This will be the 4th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Cerundolo won 7-63 6-2 in the final in Brazil F6 (Curitiba) back in 2018.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 159 (career high), the Argentine reached the final after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 6-1 6-3, Facundo Mena 4-6 7-5 7-60 and Facundo Bagnis 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-2 7-5). During the match Cerundolo scored 79 points vs Bagnis’s 59. Cerundolo was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cerundolo fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Bagnis 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cerundolo has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 73% of his matches (157-58). 29-11 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cerundolo has a 149-54 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Cerundolo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Los Angeles,the Split Challenger and the Guayaquil Challenger.
The Argentine has a 34-11 win-loss record in 2020, 29-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Campinas Challenger
Francisco lost in the quarter to Sumit Nagal.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 242 (career high), Meligeni Rodrigues Alves reached the final after beating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-4 7-63, Emilio Gomez 6-4 6-4 and Alejandro Tabilo 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (7-5 6-1). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 67 points vs Tabilo’s 49. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves blasted 4 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was quite effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves broke Tabilo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felipe hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sao Paulo Challenger.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a 19-9 win-loss record in 2020, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Campinas Challenger
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost in the 2nd round to Federico Coria.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 62 |
| Pts | 254-208 | 233-186 |
| Total Points | 462 | 419 |
| Winners | 103 | 91 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Cerundolo and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 3 matches. At the moment, Francisco Cerundolo conceded 1 set while Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (7 vs 6). Therefore, Cerundolo played 9 games more than Meligeni Rodrigues Alves. Cerundolo scored 103 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves fired 91 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 138/224 | 129/210 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 103/138 | 91/129 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 44/86 | 45/81 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Cerundolo blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Cerundolo won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/25 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 48% | 41% |
| Conceded | 21 | 22 |
| Saved | 16 | 16 |
| % Saved | 76% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Felipe conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Mena |
1/4 Bagnis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 7-60 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 | 20 | 71 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 112-107 | 79-59 | 254-208 | |
| Total points | 105 | 219 | 138 | 462 | |
| Winners | 31 | 44 | 28 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 39% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 63/107 | 37/63 | 138/224 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 59% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 44/63 | 28/37 | 103/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 70% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 26/44 | 12/26 | 44/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 59% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/7 | 5/12 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 10/13 | 4/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 77% | 67% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | |||||
| R1 Gomez-Herrera |
R2 Gomez |
1/4 Tabilo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 91-75 | 75-62 | 67-49 | 233-186 | |
| Total points | 166 | 137 | 116 | 419 | |
| Winners | 35 | 30 | 26 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 45/74 | 32/58 | 129/210 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 61% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 30/45 | 26/32 | 91/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 81% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 18/29 | 14/26 | 45/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 62% | 54% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/8 | 4/8 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 86% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Campinas Challenger
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul – Nicolas Alvarez/Aziz DougazAlvarez/Aziz Dougaz (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-1) – H2H and prediction
