Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Luciano Darderi will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Iasi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.6
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.34

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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 square off in the main tour.

Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves

Ranked no. 169 (career-high), Felipe reached the semifinal after beating Jose Pereira 7-5 1-6 6-1, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-4 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 7-6⁵.

In the quarter, Felipe had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 80 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 70. Felipe was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves managed to score 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. Felipe broke Ferreira Silva twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (228-138). 21-14 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a composed206-119 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Felipe’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Mexico City Challenger and the Buenos Aires 3 Challenger.

Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a composed 21-15 win-loss record in 2022, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 215 (career-high), Darderi reached the semifinal after beating Nicolae Frunza 6-1 7-5, Dalibor Svrcina 5-7 7-5 7-6⁶ and Jiri Lehecka 4-6 7-6¹ 6-4.

In the quarter against Lehecka, Luciano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6¹ 6-4). During the match Darderi scored 112 points vs Lehecka’s 102. Luciano was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Darderi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Luciano Darderi was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Italian broke Lehecka 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Darderi has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Luciano’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger.

Darderi has a compiled 27-14 win-loss record in 2022, 27-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Luciano has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	Darderi
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	67	89
Pts	221-196	313-279
Total Points	417	592
Winners	95	120
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Darderi played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded 1 set, while Luciano Darderi surrendered 2 sets. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 1 set(s) less than Darderi (7 vs 8). Therefore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 22 games less than Darderi. Felipe scored 95 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Luciano made 120 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	Darderi
Aces	6	7
Avg per match	2	2.3
1st in	137/205	173/303
%1st in	67%	57%
1st pts	95/137	120/173
%1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	41/68	68/130
%2nd pts	60%	52%

Meligeni Rodrigues Alves made 6 aces (2 per match). Darderi fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 69% of the points behind 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	Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	Darderi
Won	9	13
Converted	9/18	13/33
% Converted	50%	39%
Conceded	13	24
Saved	9	14
% Saved	69%	58%
Times Broken	4	10

The Brazilian broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Darderi broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Luciano conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
	R1 Pereira	R2 Sanchez-Izquierdo	1/4 Ferreira Silva	Total
Score	7-5 1-6 6-1	6-2 6-4	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	26	18	23	67
pts	82-84	59-42	80-70	221-196
Total points	166	101	150	417
Winners	37	26	32	95
%Winners	45%	44%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	2	6
Double Faults	2	0	0	2
1st in	54/79	34/51	49/75	137/205
% 1st in	68%	67%	65%	67%
1st pts	37/54	26/34	32/49	95/137
% 1st pts	69%	76%	65%	69%
2nd pts	11/25	12/17	18/26	41/68
% 2nd pts	44%	71%	69%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	9
Converted	4/10	3/3	2/5	9/18
Converted %	40%	100%	40%	50%
Conceded	7	0	6	13
Saved	4/7	0/0	5/6	9
Saved %	57%	–	83%	47%
Times Broken	3	0	1	4

Darderi
	R1 Frunza	R2 Svrcina	1/4 Lehecka	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	5-7 7-5 7-66	4-6 7-61 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	19	37	33	89
pts	69-53	132-124	112-102	313-279
Total points	122	256	214	592
Winners	28	51	41	120
%Winners	41%	39%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	5	1	7
Double Faults	2	6	2	10
1st in	38/63	80/144	55/96	173/303
% 1st in	60%	56%	57%	57%
1st pts	28/38	51/80	41/55	120/173
% 1st pts	74%	64%	75%	69%
2nd pts	16/25	28/64	24/41	68/130
% 2nd pts	64%	44%	59%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	7	3	13
Converted	3/9	7/12	3/12	13/33
Converted %	33%	58%	25%	39%
Conceded	0	20	4	24
Saved	0/0	13/20	1/4	14
Saved %	–	65%	25%	30%
Times Broken	0	7	3	10

Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger

• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Lukas KleinKlein (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Luciano Darderi/Fernando RomboliDarderi/Fernando Romboli – Marcelo Demoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesDemoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (3-6 6-3 10-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction