Daniel Elahi Galan and Felipe Meligeni Alves will face off in the semifinal of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.727
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves

This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Elahi Galan and Felipe Meligeni Alves face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Elahi Galan Riveros (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Elahi Galan Riveros won 5-7 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Heilbronn Challenger back in June 2023.

Daniel Elahi Galan

Daniel Elahi Galan

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
103
High
56
LLWWLLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-19 3-5 9-12 0-0 2-2 0-0
2023 32-34 4-12 23-19 0-1 5-2 0-0
2022 48-28 14-7 33-17 0-3 1-1 0-0
2021 28-32 6-9 19-16 1-4 2-3 0-0
2020 31-18 14-8 17-7 0-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 96, the Colombian reached the semifinal after defeating Kilian Feldbausch 6-3 6-74 5-0 ret., Elias Ymer 6-3 6-2 and Hugo Dellien 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Dellien (6-1 6-2). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 67 points vs Dellien’s 44. The Colombian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Elahi Galan conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Elahi Galan Riveros put 66% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Dellien 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Elahi Galan Riveros has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (332-258). 20-17 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Elahi Galan Riveros has an aggregate 226-154 record in the last years on clay.

The Colombian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sarasota Challenger.

Elahi Galan Riveros has a compiled 29-32 win-loss record in 2023, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger

Guayaquil Challenger
Elahi Galan Riveros's Record

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Felipe Meligeni Alves

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
145
High
128
LWWWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-16 2-5 17-8 0-1 3-2 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 semifinal after beating Nicolas Mejia 4-6 6-2 6-4, Max Houkes 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-1 3-1 ret..

In the quarter against Diaz Acosta, Meligeni Alves had a free pass after Diaz Acosta retired on a 6-1 3-1 . scoreline.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Lyon Challenger where he beat Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-4 0-6 7-6(7).

Meligeni Alves has a compiled 36-26 win-loss record in 2023, 26-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.

Guayaquil Challenger
Meligeni Alves's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Elahi Riveros
F.Meligeni Alves
5h:17
5h:17
Time on court​
5h:53
5h:53
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
!
0h:49
0h:49
3
3
Match played
3
3
59
59
Games Played​
70
70
8
8
Set played​​
9
9
242
242
Total points​
238
238
80.7
80.7
Avg point​
79.3
79.3
101
101
Winners
111
111
33.7
33.7
Avg Winners​
37
37
42%
42%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
7
7
4.3
4.3
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
101/136
101/136
1st won total​
111/160
111/160
!
74%
74%
1st won %
69%
69%
41/85
41/85
2nd won total​
29/53
29/53
48%
48%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
14/31
14/31
BP won
12/23
12/23
4.7/10.3
4.7/10.3
Avg BP won
4/7.7
4/7.7
45%
45%
Won
!
52%
52%
19
19
Conceded
22
22
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
15
15
Saved
17
17

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Elahi Galan Riveros Meligeni Alves
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 9
Tot Games 59 70
Pts 242-181 238-193
Total Points 423 431
Winners 101 111
%Winners 42% 47%

Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Meligeni Alves played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Elahi Galan surrendered 1 set, while Felipe Meligeni Alves lost 2 sets. Elahi Galan Riveros has played 1 set(s) less than Meligeni Alves (8 vs 9). Therefore, Elahi Galan Riveros played 11 games less than Meligeni Alves. The Colombian scored 101 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni Alves blasted 111 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Elahi Galan Riveros Meligeni Alves
Aces 13 7
Avg per match 4.3 2.3
1st in 136/221 160/213
%1st in 62% 75%
1st pts 101/136 111/160
%1st pts 74% 69%
2nd pts 41/85 29/53
%2nd pts 48% 55%

Elahi Galan Riveros fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Meligeni Alves struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Elahi Galan Riveros won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Alves won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Elahi Galan Riveros Meligeni Alves
Won 14 12
Converted 14/31 12/23
% Converted 45% 52%
Conceded 19 22
Saved 15 17
% Saved 79% 77%
Times Broken 4 5

The Colombian broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Meligeni Alves conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Elahi Galan Riveros
R1
Feldbausch
R2
Ymer
1/4
Dellien
Total
Score 6-3 6-74 5-0 ret. 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 27 17 15 59
pts 113-94 62-43 67-44 242-181
Total points 207 105 111 423
Winners 47 23 31 101
%Winners 42% 37% 46% 42%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 4 13
Double Faults 2 0 2 4
1st in 66/106 30/54 40/61 136/221
% 1st in 62% 56% 66% 62%
1st pts 47/66 23/30 31/40 101/136
% 1st pts 71% 77% 78% 74%
2nd pts 16/40 15/24 10/21 41/85
% 2nd pts 40% 63% 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 4 4 14
Converted 6/15 4/10 4/6 14/31
Converted % 40% 40% 67% 45%
Conceded 8 3 8 19
Saved 5/8 2/3 8/8 15
Saved % 63% 67% 100% 77%
Times Broken 3 1 0 4
Meligeni Alves
R1
Mejia
R2
Houkes
1/4
Diaz Acosta
Total
Score 4-6 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-1 3-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 28 31 11 70
pts 96-79 98-94 44-20 238-193
Total points 175 192 64 431
Winners 43 52 16 111
%Winners 45% 53% 36% 47%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 1 7
Double Faults 2 3 0 5
1st in 67/92 74/97 19/24 160/213
% 1st in 73% 76% 79% 75%
1st pts 43/67 52/74 16/19 111/160
% 1st pts 64% 70% 84% 69%
2nd pts 16/25 9/23 4/5 29/53
% 2nd pts 64% 39% 80% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 4 4 12
Converted 4/9 4/8 4/6 12/23
Converted % 44% 50% 67% 52%
Conceded 13 9 0 22
Saved 11/13 6/9 0/0 17
Saved % 85% 67% 51%
Times Broken 2 3 0 5

Tennis Scores in Guayaquil Challenger

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