Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Luciano Darderi will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.833
Luciano Darderi -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Luciano Darderi
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 209, Felipe reached the semifinal after beating Pedja Krstin 6-4 0-0 ret., Johan Nikles 6-75 6-2 6-1 and Andrea Collarini 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the quarter, The Brazilian defeated Collarini (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 89 points vs Collarini’s 81. Felipe was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 72% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Collarini 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felipe started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (207-123). 33-25 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has an aggregate185-105 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Santiago 3 Challenger.
Felipe has an overall 34-28 win-loss record in 2021, 33-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Luciano Darderi
Ranked no. 443 (career-high), Luciano reached the semifinal after beating Rafael Matos 6-3 6-3, Martin Cuevas 6-3 3-6 6-4, Mateus Alves 6-1 6-1, Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-1 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Darderi had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (6-3 6-4). During the match Darderi scored 57 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 46. Luciano was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Darderi scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luciano Darderi was very effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Diaz Acosta twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Darderi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Novi Sad.
The Italian has a composed 47-16 win-loss record in 2021, 27-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 96 |
| Pts | 237-200 | 320-258 |
| Total Points | 437 | 578 |
| Winners | 104 | 108 |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 3 matches while Darderi competed in 5 matches. Darderi 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 lost 2 sets, while Luciano Darderi lost 1 set. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 2 set(s) less than Darderi (9 vs 11). Therefore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 29 games less than Darderi. Felipe scored 104 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 108 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 162/230 | 143/300 |
| %1st in | 70% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 104/162 | 108/143 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 34/68 | 99/157 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Darderi recorded 20 aces (4 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 16 |
| Converted | 16/33 | 16/32 |
| % Converted | 48% | 50% |
| Conceded | 24 | 13 |
| Saved | 15 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 2 |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | |||||
| R1 Krstin |
R2 Nikles |
1/4 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-0 ret. | 6-75 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 28 | 29 | 67 | |
| pts | 39-31 | 109-88 | 89-81 | 237-200 | |
| Total points | 70 | 197 | 170 | 437 | |
| Winners | 17 | 44 | 43 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 22/31 | 79/114 | 61/85 | 162/230 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 69% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 44/79 | 43/61 | 104/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 56% | 70% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/9 | 19/35 | 13/24 | 34/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 22% | 54% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 9/12 | 4/15 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 27% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 16 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 12/16 | 3/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Darderi | |||||||
| Q1 Matos |
Q3 Cuevas |
R1 Alves |
R2 Alvarez |
1/4 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 96 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 87-89 | 59-33 | 59-46 | 57-46 | 320-258 | |
| Total points | 102 | 176 | 92 | 105 | 103 | 578 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% | 20% | 39% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 45/87 | 17/47 | 28/65 | 27/54 | 143/300 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 52% | 36% | 43% | 50% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 28/45 | 12/17 | 23/28 | 21/27 | 108/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 62% | 71% | 82% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 26/42 | 21/30 | 21/37 | 19/27 | 99/157 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 62% | 70% | 57% | 70% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/9 | 5/7 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 71% | 60% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | – | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo DellienDellien (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Luis David Martinez/Fernando RomboliDavid Martinez/Fernando Romboli – Facundo Juarez/Gonzalo VillanuevaJuarez/Gonzalo Villanueva (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
