Francisco Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will square off in the 2nd round of the Campinas Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL JOÃO LIMA. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.46
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
This will be the 6th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cerundolo won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in June 2021.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 112, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Gilbert Klier Junior 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Klier Junior (6-3 6-0). During the match, Cerundolo scored 60 points vs Klier Junior’s 31. Francisco was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Klier Junior 6 times.
Cerundolo has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 71% of his matches (198-80). 34-19 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a composed185-73 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Cordenons Challenger where he beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 6-1 6-2.
Francisco has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2021, 34-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Campinas Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 178 (career-high), Felipe got to the 2nd round after defeating Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Felipe had a good straight sets win against Andreozzi (6-3 6-4). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 65 points vs Andreozzi’s 59. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves broke Andreozzi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Santiago 3 Challenger.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has an overall 30-26 win-loss record in 2021, 29-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Campinas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 60-31 | 65-59 |
| Total Points | 91 | 124 |
| Winners | 22 | 26 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Cerundolo and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cerundolo and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cerundolo played 4 games less than Meligeni Rodrigues Alves. Cerundolo scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Felipe bagged 26 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 40/61 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 26/40 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 52% |
Cerundolo blasted 4 aces . Meligeni Rodrigues Alves blasted 1 ace . Cerundolo won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 10 | 1 |
| % Saved | 91% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Francisco broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Felipe broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||
| R1 Klier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-31 | 60-31 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | |||
| R1 Andreozzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-59 | 65-59 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicola KuhnKuhn (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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