Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Nicolas Kicker will face off in the quarter of the Santiago Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.44
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 3rd time that Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Nicolas Kicker clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kicker won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Campinas Challenger back in 2016.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 235, Felipe got to the quarter after beating Joao Menezes 5-7 6-3 7-5 and Pedro Sousa 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-4 6-2). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 66 points vs Sousa’s 54. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Sousa 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felipe started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (179-101). 5-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a 157-85 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Felipe has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
Currently unranked, Nicolas got to the quarter after beating Facundo Mena 6-4 3-6 7-63, Sergio Galdos 6-2 6-1, Jozef Kovalik 6-2 6-3 and Elliot Benchetrit 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (6-2 6-4). During the match Kicker scored 63 points vs Benchetrit’s 43. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 71% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Benchetrit 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Argentine has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 82 |
| Pts | 169-156 | 299-223 |
| Total Points | 325 | 522 |
| Winners | 72 | 120 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 2 matches while Kicker competed in 4 matches. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Meligeni Rodrigues Alves had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves dropped 1 set, while Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 4 set(s) less than Kicker (5 vs 9). Therefore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 31 games less than Kicker. The Brazilian scored 72 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker managed to score 120 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 110/167 | 177/250 |
| %1st in | 66% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 72/110 | 120/177 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 33/57 | 45/73 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 62% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Kicker recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 18 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 18/26 |
| % Converted | 62% | 69% |
| Conceded | 14 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 71% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Felipe broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Brazilian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 18 times with a 69% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||
| R1 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
R2 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 103-102 | 66-54 | 169-156 | |
| Total points | 205 | 120 | 325 | |
| Winners | 47 | 25 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/111 | 37/56 | 110/167 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 47/73 | 25/37 | 72/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 11/19 | 33/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/8 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 86% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kicker | ||||||
| Q1 Mena |
Q3 Galdos |
R1 Kovalik |
R2 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 82 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 60-32 | 70-49 | 63-43 | 299-223 | |
| Total points | 205 | 92 | 119 | 106 | 522 | |
| Winners | 48 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 32% | 36% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 72/100 | 24/37 | 45/62 | 36/51 | 177/250 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 65% | 73% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 19/24 | 25/45 | 28/36 | 120/177 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 79% | 56% | 78% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 10/13 | 12/17 | 7/15 | 45/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 77% | 71% | 47% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/8 | 6/9 | 4/5 | 18/26 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 63% | 67% | 80% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 64% | – | 67% | 80% | 106% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
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