Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Nicolas Alvarez will play each other in the quarter of the Cali Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 1.31
Nicolas Alvarez -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Nicolas Alvarez
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Nicolas Alvarez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 197, the Brazilian got to the quarter after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-4 4-0 ret. and Juan Bautista Otegui 2-6 6-4 7-62.
In the 2nd round against Bautista Otegui, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-62). During the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 117 points vs Bautista Otegui’s 114. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve 4 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (51/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves broke Bautista Otegui 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (223-136). 16-12 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a compiled201-117 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Felipe’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Mexico City Challenger and the Buenos Aires 3 Challenger.
Felipe has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2022, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 18-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 2-4 | 22-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 369, Nicolas got to the quarter after beating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5 7-63 and Roberto Quiroz 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Quiroz, Alvarez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Alvarez scored 84 points vs Quiroz’s 71. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Peruvian broke Quiroz 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Alvarez’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Campos do Jordao.
Nicolas has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 53 |
| Pts | 178-161 | 159-136 |
| Total Points | 339 | 295 |
| Winners | 68 | 71 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Alvarez played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves dropped 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez dropped 1 set. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 1 set more than Alvarez (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 8 games less than Alvarez. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 68 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian scored 71 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 97/152 | 106/145 |
| %1st in | 64% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 68/97 | 71/106 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 29/55 | 27/39 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 69% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Alvarez recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/21 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 29% | 44% |
| Conceded | 18 | 9 |
| Saved | 14 | 4 |
| % Saved | 78% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Felipe broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. Felipe lost his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Peruvian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||
| R1 Jaziri |
R2 Bautista Otegui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-0 ret. | 2-6 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 31 | 45 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 117-114 | 178-161 | |
| Total points | 108 | 231 | 339 | |
| Winners | 17 | 51 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 21/41 | 76/111 | 97/152 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 51/76 | 68/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 16/35 | 29/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/10 | 6/21 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 30% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 14/18 | 14 | |
| Saved % | – | 78% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Alvarez | ||||
| R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
R2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| pts | 75-65 | 84-71 | 159-136 | |
| Total points | 140 | 155 | 295 | |
| Winners | 32 | 39 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 54/73 | 106/145 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 74% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 39/54 | 71/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 72% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 13/19 | 27/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 68% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/13 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 31% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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