Facundo Bagnis and Felipe Meligeni Alves will play each other in the semifinal of the Sao Leopoldo Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Bagnis is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.6
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves

This will be the 3^rd time that Facundo Bagnis and Felipe Meligeni Alves clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bagnis won 6-1 4-1 ret. in the 2^nd round in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2019.

Facundo Bagnis

Ranked no. 103, the Argentine got to the semifinal after defeating Pedro Boscardin Dias 6-4 6-2, Gustavo Heide 7-6⁴ 6-3 and Joao Fonseca 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Fonseca (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bagnis scored 58 points vs Fonseca’s 47. Bagnis was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bagnis scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bagnis put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Bagnis broke Fonseca 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bagnis hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Bagnis has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (392-250). 36-18 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bagnis has a compiled 367-207 match record in the last years on clay.

Bagnis’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Ambato Challenger.

Facundo has an aggregate 43-27 win-loss record in 2022, 36-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Ranked no. 160, Meligeni got to the semifinal after defeating Juan Bautista Torres 3-6 7-5 6-1, Nicolas Alvarez 6-3 6-2 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-1 4-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Felipe defeated Andres Burruchaga (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match Meligeni scored 88 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 77. Felipe was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Meligeni scored 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Felipe Meligeni Alves was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (43/57) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Meligeni has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Meligeni’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Iasi Challenger.

Meligeni has a composed 33-28 win-loss record in 2022, 33-24 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bagnis	Meligeni
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	59	71
Pts	193-159	249-206
Total Points	352	455
Winners	82	101
%Winners	42%	41%

Both Bagnis and Meligeni played 3 matches. At the moment, Felipe Meligeni Alves surrendered 2 sets while Facundo Bagnis hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bagnis has played 2 set(s) less than Meligeni (6 vs 8). Therefore, Bagnis played 12 games less than Meligeni. Bagnis scored 82 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian struck 101 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bagnis	Meligeni
Aces	12	7
Avg per match	4	2.3
1st in	107/173	143/228
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	82/107	101/143
%1st pts	77%	71%
2nd pts	35/66	48/85
%2nd pts	53%	56%

Bagnis fired 12 aces (4 per match). Meligeni blasted 7 aces (2.3 per match). Bagnis won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bagnis	Meligeni
Won	10	14
Converted	10/22	14/31
% Converted	45%	45%
Conceded	8	14
Saved	5	8
% Saved	63%	57%
Times Broken	3	6

Bagnis broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Meligeni broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Felipe conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Bagnis
	R1 Boscardin	R2 Heide	1/4 Fonseca	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-64 6-3	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	22	19	59
pts	66-52	69-60	58-47	193-159
Total points	118	129	105	352
Winners	29	32	21	82
%Winners	44%	46%	36%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	4	12
Double Faults	4	2	4	10
1st in	33/54	42/65	32/54	107/173
% 1st in	61%	65%	59%	62%
1st pts	29/33	32/42	21/32	82/107
% 1st pts	88%	76%	66%	77%
2nd pts	9/21	14/23	12/22	35/66
% 2nd pts	43%	61%	55%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	10
Converted	3/10	2/3	5/9	10/22
Converted %	30%	67%	56%	45%
Conceded	1	2	5	8
Saved	1/1	2/2	2/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%	40%	80%
Times Broken	0	0	3	3

Meligeni
	R1 Bautista Torres	R2 Alvarez	1/4 Andres Burruchaga	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-1 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	28	17	26	71
pts	101-87	60-42	88-77	249-206
Total points	188	102	165	455
Winners	36	22	43	101
%Winners	36%	37%	49%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	5	7
Double Faults	3	2	3	8
1st in	58/96	28/46	57/86	143/228
% 1st in	60%	61%	66%	63%
1st pts	36/58	22/28	43/57	101/143
% 1st pts	62%	79%	75%	71%
2nd pts	22/38	11/18	15/29	48/85
% 2nd pts	58%	61%	52%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	4	4	14
Converted	6/11	4/11	4/9	14/31
Converted %	55%	36%	44%	45%
Conceded	9	1	4	14
Saved	5/9	0/1	3/4	8
Saved %	56%	0%	75%	44%
Times Broken	4	1	1	6

Tennis Scores in Sao Leopoldo Challenger

• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (7-6³ 6-7⁴ 7-6²) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (1-2) – H2H and prediction