Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Gerald Melzer will play each other in the quarter of the Santiago 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.71
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Gerald Melzer
This will be the 2nd time that Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Gerald Melzer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0
for Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.The last time that they played, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in the Tulln Challenger back in September 2021.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 205, the Brazilian got to the quarter after defeating Oliver Crawford 7-66 6-3 and Juan Ignacio Londero 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Londero, The Brazilian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 81 points vs Londero’s 80. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve 6 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 72% of his first serves in, winning 58% (36/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Londero 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (199-118). 25-20 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has an overall177-100 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger,the Biella 7 Challenger and the Iasi Challenger.
Felipe has a compiled 26-23 win-loss record in 2021, 25-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Gerald Melzer
Ranked no. 514, Gerald got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Jarry 7-62 6-4 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Gerald had a good straight sets win against Agustin Tirante (6-2 6-0). During the match Melzer scored 54 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 28. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Melzer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gerald Melzer was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 100% (2/2) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Melzer broke Agustin Tirante 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gerald started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Gerald’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lima Challenger.
Melzer has a composed 18-10 win-loss record in 2021, 18-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 37 |
| Pts | 160-152 | 131-91 |
| Total Points | 312 | 222 |
| Winners | 76 | 62 |
| %Winners | 48% | 47% |
Both Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Melzer played 2 matches. At the moment, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded 1 set while Gerald Melzer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 1 set more than Melzer (5 vs 4). Therefore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 12 games more than Melzer. Felipe scored 76 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Gerald recorded 62 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 123/166 | 83/104 |
| %1st in | 74% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 76/123 | 62/83 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 16/21 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 76% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Melzer recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 62% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 58% | 64% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 45% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Felipe broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Felipe lost his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Gerald conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||
| R1 Crawford | R2 Londero | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| pts | 79-72 | 81-80 | 160-152 | |
| Total points | 151 | 161 | 312 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/80 | 62/86 | 123/166 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 72% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 36/62 | 76/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 58% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 11/24 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 46% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 6/10 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 14% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Melzer | ||||
| R1 Jarry | R2 Agustin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 14 | 37 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 54-28 | 131-91 | |
| Total points | 140 | 82 | 222 | |
| Winners | 34 | 28 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 52% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 38/40 | 83/104 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 95% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 28/38 | 62/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 2/2 | 16/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 100% | 76% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/6 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 83% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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