Pablo Andujar and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will play each other in the final of the Iasi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Andujar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Andujar is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Andujar -> 1.6
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Andujar vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
This will be the 2nd time that Pablo Andujar and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Andujar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Andujar won 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 in the quarter in the Iasi Challenger back in 2020.
Pablo Andujar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-10 | 1-3 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-24 | 4-5 | 14-14 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 3-6 | 12-12 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-6 | 10-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 35-22 | 8-8 | 27-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Andujar got to the final after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-4, Louis Wessels 6-2 6-4, Lukas Klein 6-3 6-4 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal against Pucinelli De Almeida, Andujar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Andujar scored 90 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 78. Andujar was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Andujar scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Pablo Andujar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Andujar put 69% of his first serves in, winning 59% (33/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Pucinelli De Almeida 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Andujar has a negative match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (183-190). 12-11 on clay in 2022. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Andujar has an aggregate 140-99 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Marbella Challenger and the Iasi Challenger.
Andujar has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2022, 12-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 169 (career-high), Meligeni Rodrigues Alves got to the final after defeating Jose Pereira 7-5 1-6 6-1, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-4, Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 7-65 and Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-2.
In the semifinal, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves had a good straight sets win against Darderi (6-2 6-2). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 58 points vs Darderi’s 37. Felipe was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Felipe broke Darderi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Felipe’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Mexico City Challenger,the Buenos Aires 3 Challenger and the Iasi Challenger.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a compiled 22-15 win-loss record in 2022, 22-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Andujar | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 83 |
| Pts | 295-241 | 279-233 |
| Total Points | 536 | 512 |
| Winners | 108 | 119 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Andujar and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pablo Andujar surrendered 1 set, while Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Andujar and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves have played the same amount of sets 9. They also played the same amount of games (83). The Spaniard scored 108 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves blasted 119 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Andujar | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 157/241 | 169/252 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 108/157 | 119/169 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 48/84 | 51/83 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Andujar made 4 aces (1 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 6 aces (1.5 per match). Andujar won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Andujar | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 13 |
| Converted | 17/43 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 40% | 54% |
| Conceded | 16 | 17 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 4 |
Pablo broke his opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. Andujar dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Felipe broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Andujar | ||||||
| R1 Alvarez |
R2 Wessels |
1/4 Klein |
1/2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 83 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 64-44 | 71-58 | 90-78 | 295-241 | |
| Total points | 131 | 108 | 129 | 168 | 536 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 32% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 36/49 | 32/58 | 56/81 | 157/241 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 73% | 55% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 28/36 | 23/32 | 33/56 | 108/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 78% | 72% | 59% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 10/13 | 13/26 | 14/25 | 48/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 77% | 50% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/8 | 4/11 | 6/12 | 17/43 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 38% | 36% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 6/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 50% | 60% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||||
| R1 Pereira |
R2 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
1/4 Ferreira Silva |
1/2 Darderi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 7-65 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 83 | |
| pts | 82-84 | 59-42 | 80-70 | 58-37 | 279-233 | |
| Total points | 166 | 101 | 150 | 95 | 512 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 40% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 34/51 | 49/75 | 32/47 | 169/252 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 67% | 65% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 26/34 | 32/49 | 24/32 | 119/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 65% | 75% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 12/17 | 18/26 | 10/15 | 51/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 71% | 69% | 67% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 4/6 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 40% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 4/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 83% | 100% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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