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.
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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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
Felipe Meligeni Alves
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 |
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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 | ||
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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
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Federico CoriaCoria (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-1 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-2) – H2H and prediction