Felipe Meligeni Alves and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will square off in the quarter of the Sao Leopoldo Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felipe Meligeni Alves who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.43
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 4th time that Felipe Meligeni Alves and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Meligeni Alves (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Meligeni Alves won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Lyon Challenger back in 2023.
Felipe Meligeni Alves
7 - 8win/loss
128
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LLWWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 6-4 | 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. 134, the Brazilian reached the quarter after beating Kaichi Uchida 7-67 2-6 6-3 and Mateus Alves w/o.
In the 2nd round, Felipe defeated Alves (w/o). During the match, Meligeni Alves and Alves scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 134 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Felipe was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Meligeni Alves was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Felipe Meligeni Alves conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Meligeni Alves has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (283-189). 5-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Meligeni Alves has an aggregate249-154 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Meligeni Alves has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Pucinelli De Almeida got to the quarter after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3 6-2 and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-2 2-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Pucinelli De Almeida defeated Carlos Prado Angelo (6-2 2-6 7-5). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 99 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 93. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (47/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Carlos Prado Angelo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Matheus’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Matheus has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Alves | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 45 |
| Pts | 90-83 | 167-146 |
| Total Points | 173 | 313 |
| Winners | 43 | 72 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Meligeni Alves played 1 match while Pucinelli De Almeida competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost 1 set, while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida surrendered 1 set. Meligeni Alves has played 2 set(s) less than Pucinelli De Almeida (3 vs 5). Therefore, Meligeni Alves played 15 games less than Pucinelli De Almeida. Felipe scored 43 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian recorded 72 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Alves | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 102/164 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | 72/102 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 20/28 | 29/62 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 47% |
Meligeni Alves recorded 7 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida struck 8 aces (4 per match). Meligeni Alves won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Alves | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 8 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 20% | 53% |
| Conceded | 3 | 17 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 33% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Meligeni Alves broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Felipe surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Alves | ||||
| R1 Uchida |
R2 Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 2-6 6-3 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | – | 30 | |
| pts | 90-83 | – | 90-83 | |
| Total points | 173 | – | 173 | |
| Winners | 43 | – | 43 | |
| %Winners | 48% | – | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | – | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | – | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | – | 53/81 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | – | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | – | 43/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | – | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/28 | – | 20/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | – | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | – | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | – | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | – | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | ||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Carlos Prado Angelo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 45 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 99-93 | 167-146 | |
| Total points | 121 | 192 | 313 | |
| Winners | 25 | 47 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 67/101 | 102/164 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 47/67 | 72/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 14/34 | 29/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 41% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 9/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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