Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Zhizhen Zhang will clash against each other in the quarter of the Trieste Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT GIORGI. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.57
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Zhizhen Zhang square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Zhang won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Biella 5 Challenger back in 2021.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 144 (career-high), the Brazilian got to the quarter after beating Dennis Novak 2-6 7-5 6-4 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-76 6-2 7-63.
In the 2nd round against Blancaneaux, Felipe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-2 7-63). During the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 117 points vs Blancaneaux’s 107. Felipe was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (50/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Blancaneaux 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felipe has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 50% of the points he played.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (232-138). 25-14 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a composed210-119 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Iasi Challenger.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has an overall 25-15 win-loss record in 2022, 25-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-23 | 9-10 | 9-7 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 239, Zhang got to the quarter after defeating Pietro Pampanin 6-2 6-1, Elliot Benchetrit 6-0 6-1, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-3 6-2 and Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Zhizhen had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-3 6-2). During the match Zhang scored 65 points vs Cecchinato’s 42. Zhizhen was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zhang broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhizhen started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 63% of the points he played.
Zhang’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Zhizhen has an aggregate 27-19 win-loss record in 2022, 22-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 62 |
| Pts | 207-203 | 247-147 |
| Total Points | 410 | 394 |
| Winners | 88 | 85 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 2 matches while Zhang competed in 4 matches. Zhang started his run from the qualifications while Meligeni Rodrigues Alves had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves dropped 2 sets while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has played 2 set(s) less than Zhang (6 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 2 games more than Zhang. Felipe scored 88 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang blasted 85 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 142/200 | 105/183 |
| %1st in | 71% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 88/142 | 85/105 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 49/78 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 63% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Zhang blasted 11 aces (2.8 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 62% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 81% 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 | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 18 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 18/33 |
| % Converted | 48% | 55% |
| Conceded | 16 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Felipe broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Felipe lost his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zhang broke his opponents 18 times with a 55% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-4 | 6-76 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| pts | 90-96 | 117-107 | 207-203 | |
| Total points | 186 | 224 | 410 | |
| Winners | 38 | 50 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/90 | 79/110 | 142/200 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 38/63 | 50/79 | 88/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 20/31 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 65% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 57% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Zhang | ||||||
| Q1 Pampanin |
Q3 Benchetrit |
R1 Pucinelli De Almeida |
R2 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 62 | |
| pts | 57-27 | 57-27 | 68-51 | 65-42 | 247-147 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | 119 | 107 | 394 | |
| Winners | 21 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 26% | 32% | 42% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 19/36 | 29/61 | 32/43 | 105/183 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 48% | 74% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 15/19 | 22/29 | 27/32 | 85/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 79% | 76% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 12/17 | 20/32 | 7/11 | 49/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 71% | 63% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/10 | 3/6 | 4/9 | 18/33 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 50% | 44% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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