Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Giulio Zeppieri will square off in the 2nd round of the Rome 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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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 -> 1.82
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 238, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves reached the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Claverie 6-3 6-1, Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-4 6-1 and Enzo Couacaud 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Felipe had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-3 6-4). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 68 points vs Couacaud’s 53. Felipe was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 85% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the 2nd serve. Felipe broke Couacaud 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (183-102). 9-6 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a 161-86 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger.
Felipe has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 2 Challenger
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has never competed in this tournament before.
Giulio Zeppieri
Ranked no. 317, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Hugo Dellien 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Dellien, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).-68) than Dellien. In fact, the world no. 238 won 68 points vs Dellien’s. That means that Zeppieri was more focused during the important points. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Zeppieri made 10 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Dellien 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Italian has a 7-8 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 26 |
| Pts | 190-134 | 68-76 |
| Total Points | 324 | 144 |
| Winners | 74 | 38 |
| %Winners | 39% | 56% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 3 matches while Zeppieri competed in 1 match. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves started his run from the qualifications while Zeppieri had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri dropped 1 set while Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves hasn’t dropped a set so far. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 3 sets more than Zeppieri (6 vs 3). Therefore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 26 games more than Zeppieri. The Brazilian scored 74 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Zeppieri managed to score 38 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 10 |
| 1st in | 103/149 | 57/76 |
| %1st in | 69% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 74/103 | 38/57 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 30/46 | 8/19 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 42% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zeppieri made 10 aces . Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 3 |
| Converted | 12/28 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Felipe broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | |||||
| Q1 Claverie |
Q3 Karlovskiy |
R1 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 54-31 | 68-50 | 68-53 | 190-134 | |
| Total points | 85 | 118 | 121 | 324 | |
| Winners | 18 | 27 | 29 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 21/37 | 38/60 | 44/52 | 103/149 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 85% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 27/38 | 29/44 | 74/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 71% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/16 | 11/22 | 5/8 | 30/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 50% | 63% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/11 | 4/9 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 44% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Zeppieri | |||||
| R1 Dellien |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |||
| pts | 68-76 | 68-76 | |||
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |||
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |||
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |||
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1st in | 57/76 | 57/76 | |||
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |||
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |||
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |||
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |||
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |||
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |||
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |||
| Saved % | 50% | 17% | |||
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |||
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome 2 Challenger
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-71 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Steven DiezDiez (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Daniel MasurMasur (4-6 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Tristan LamasineLamasine (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Igor SijslingSijsling (6-1 7-66) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Hugo DellienDellien (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Alex BoltBolt (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
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