Thiago Moura Monteiro and Felipe Meligeni Alves will face off in the 2nd round of the Rio Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on QUADRA GUGA KUERTEN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.6
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves

This will be the 2nd time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Felipe Meligeni Alves square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moura Monteiro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Moura Monteiro won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger back in 2020.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Thiago Moura Monteiro

7 - 2win/loss

Clay
5-2
Rank
84
High
61
WWWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-10 0-1 21-9 2-0 0-0 0-0
2023 34-30 3-7 30-22 1-0 0-1 0-0
2022 43-33 8-8 28-16 4-7 3-2 0-0
2021 33-27 8-8 25-18 0-0 0-1 0-0
2020 27-18 7-9 20-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 117, Moura Monteiro got to the 2nd round after beating Carlos Alcaraz 1-1 ret..

In the 1st round against Alcaraz, the Brazilian had a free pass after Alcaraz retired on a 1-1 . scoreline.

Moura Monteiro has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (341-261). 4-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has an aggregate 278-178 record in the last years on clay.

Thiago has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro
Moura Monteiro's Record

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Felipe Meligeni Alves

6 - 5win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
4-2
Rank
136
High
128
WWWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-13 2-5 17-7 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. 153, Meligeni Alves got to the 2nd round after beating Alex Molcan 6-2 6-3, Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3 7-66 and Pedro Cachin 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Felipe defeated Cachin (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Meligeni Alves scored 84 points vs Cachin’s 68. Felipe was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Meligeni Alves struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Alves put 62% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Felipe broke Cachin 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Meligeni Alves has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020 and 2022. See his history.

Rio de Janeiro
Meligeni Alves's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Moura Monteiro
F.Meligeni Alves
0h:18
0h:18
Time on court​
!
5h:07
5h:07
!
0h:18
0h:18
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
2
2
Games Played​
65
65
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
6
6
Total points​
219
219
6
6
Avg point​
73
73
1
1
Winners
95
95
1
1
Avg Winners​
31.7
31.7
17%
17%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
14
14
0
0
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
1/3
1/3
1st won total​
95/127
95/127
!
33%
33%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
1/3
1/3
2nd won total​
34/76
34/76
!
33%
33%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
1/1
1/1
BP won
14/22
14/22
1/1
1/1
Avg BP won
4.7/7.3
4.7/7.3
!
100%
100%
Won
!
64%
64%
1
1
Conceded
18
18
1
1
Avg Conceded
6
6
1
1
Broken
7
7
1
1
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
0
0
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Moura Monteiro Meligeni Alves
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 2 65
Pts 6-5 219-180
Total Points 11 399
Winners 1 95
%Winners 17% 43%

Moura Monteiro played 1 match while Meligeni Alves competed in 3 matches. Meligeni Alves started his run from the qualifications while Moura Monteiro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Felipe Meligeni Alves lost 1 set while Thiago Moura Monteiro hasn’t dropped a set so far. Moura Monteiro has played 5 set(s) less than Meligeni Alves (2 vs 7). Therefore, Moura Monteiro played 63 games less than Meligeni Alves. Moura Monteiro scored 1 winners (17% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni Alves recorded 95 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Moura Monteiro Meligeni Alves
Aces 0 14
Avg per match 0 4.7
1st in 3/6 127/203
%1st in 50% 63%
1st pts 1/3 95/127
%1st pts 33% 75%
2nd pts 1/3 34/76
%2nd pts 33% 45%

Moura Monteiro didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Meligeni Alves made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Moura Monteiro won 33% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Alves won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Moura Monteiro Meligeni Alves
Won 1 14
Converted 1/1 14/22
% Converted 100% 64%
Conceded 1 18
Saved 0 11
% Saved 0% 61%
Times Broken 1 7

The Brazilian broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Brazilian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Meligeni Alves broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Felipe conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Moura Monteiro
R1
Alcaraz
Total
Score 1-1 ret.
Tot Set 1 1
Tot Games 2 2
pts 6-5 6-5
Total points 11 11
Winners 1 1
%Winners 17% 17%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 3/6 3/6
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 1/3 1/3
% 1st pts 33% 33%
2nd pts 1/3 1/3
% 2nd pts 33% 33%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/1 1/1
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Meligeni Alves
Q1
Molcan
Q3
Manuel Cerundolo
R1
Cachin
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 6-3 7-66 6-2 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 17 22 26 65
pts 55-40 80-72 84-68 219-180
Total points 95 152 152 399
Winners 20 39 36 95
%Winners 36% 49% 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 6 1 7 14
Double Faults 0 0 1 1
1st in 26/42 51/80 50/81 127/203
% 1st in 62% 64% 62% 63%
1st pts 20/26 39/51 36/50 95/127
% 1st pts 77% 76% 72% 75%
2nd pts 10/16 11/29 13/31 34/76
% 2nd pts 63% 38% 42% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 3 6 14
Converted 5/8 3/7 6/7 14/22
Converted % 63% 43% 86% 64%
Conceded 1 8 9 18
Saved 0/1 6/8 5/9 11
Saved % 0% 75% 56% 131%
Times Broken 1 2 4 7

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

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