Facundo Diaz Acosta and Felipe Meligeni Alves will square off in the quarter of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on Cancha 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.64
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Diaz Acosta and Felipe Meligeni Alves face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Meligeni Alves (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Meligeni Alves won 1-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2019.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 2-4 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 107, Facundo reached the quarter after beating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-3 6-2 and Marco Trungelliti 6-1 1-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Diaz Acosta defeated Trungelliti (6-1 1-6 7-65).During the match, Diaz Acosta scored less points (4) than Trungelliti. In fact, the world no. 107 won 78 points vs Trungelliti’s. That means that Diaz Acosta was more focused during the important points. Diaz Acosta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Diaz Acosta put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (10/29) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Trungelliti 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Diaz Acosta has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (184-110). 41-18 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Diaz Acosta has a composed163-92 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Tristan Boyer in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Milan Challenger where he defeated Matteo Gigante in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Argentine has a compiled 45-23 win-loss record in 2023, 41-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Felipe Meligeni Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-11 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 147, Meligeni Alves got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Mejia 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Max Houkes 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Houkes, Meligeni Alves recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Meligeni Alves scored 98 points vs Houkes’s 94. Felipe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Meligeni Alves bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Alves put 76% of his first serves in, winning 70% (52/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Felipe broke Houkes 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Meligeni Alves has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Lyon Challenger where he defeated Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-4 0-6 7-6(7).
Felipe has an overall 35-26 win-loss record in 2023, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Meligeni Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 59 |
| Pts | 150-136 | 194-173 |
| Total Points | 286 | 367 |
| Winners | 66 | 95 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Meligeni Alves played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Diaz Acosta conceded 1 set, while Felipe Meligeni Alves conceded 2 sets. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set(s) less than Meligeni Alves (5 vs 6). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 15 games less than Meligeni Alves. Diaz Acosta scored 66 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Felipe scored 95 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Meligeni Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 93/147 | 141/189 |
| %1st in | 63% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 66/93 | 95/141 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/54 | 25/48 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 52% |
Diaz Acosta made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Meligeni Alves also made 6 aces (3 per match). Diaz Acosta won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Alves won 67% of the points on 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 | Diaz Acosta | Meligeni Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 12 | 22 |
| Saved | 5 | 17 |
| % Saved | 42% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded. Meligeni Alves broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Meligeni Alves conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | ||||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
R2 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 1-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 44 | |
| pts | 72-54 | 78-82 | 150-136 | |
| Total points | 126 | 160 | 286 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 55/84 | 93/147 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 37/55 | 66/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 10/29 | 19/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 34% | 35% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Meligeni Alves | ||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Houkes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 | 59 | |
| pts | 96-79 | 98-94 | 194-173 | |
| Total points | 175 | 192 | 367 | |
| Winners | 43 | 52 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 53% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 67/92 | 74/97 | 141/189 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 76% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 43/67 | 52/74 | 95/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 9/23 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 39% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 6/9 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 67% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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