Felipe Meligeni Alves and Juncheng Shang will square off in the qualifications of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felipe Meligeni Alves who should win in 3 sets.
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.66
Juncheng Shang -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Alves and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 17-8 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 8-6 | 26-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 0-3 | 33-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-25 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 0-2 | 19-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 164, Meligeni Alves will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in the Mexico City Challenger where he lost 7-6(2) 7-6(5) to Neuchrist in the 2nd round on the 29th of March.
Felipe has an overall 6-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Meligeni Alves has an overall 246-162 record. He has a positive 221-136 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-14 | 9-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 181, Shang will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 1-6 6-4 6-2 to Mannarino in the 1st round on the 23rd of March.
The Chinese has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Juncheng has an overall 63-34 record. He has a positive 27-12 record on clay.
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