Felipe Meligeni Alves and Mariano Kestelboim will face off in the 2nd round of the Santo Domingo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on ESTADIO BRUGAL. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.136
Mariano Kestelboim -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Mariano Kestelboim
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Alves and Mariano Kestelboim since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Alves
26 - 18win/loss
149
128
LWWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-28 | 4-8 | 29-17 | 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. 148, Felipe reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 6-3). During the match, Meligeni Alves scored 67 points vs Mejia’s 58. Felipe was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Meligeni Alves recorded 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Felipe Meligeni Alves was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Felipe broke Mejia 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Meligeni Alves has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (301-199). 20-10 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Meligeni Alves has a composed264-162 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger.
Felipe has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santo Domingo Challenger
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-20 | 2-1 | 30-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-11 | 2-1 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 1-4 | 21-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 554, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Jose Gandini 6-2 6-0, Andres Andrade 3-6 7-6(2) 6-1 and Pedro Cachin 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mariano had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-3 6-3). During the match Kestelboim scored 57 points vs Cachin’s 43. Mariano was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kestelboim recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mariano Kestelboim was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mariano broke Cachin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria and M15 Neuquen.
Kestelboim has a composed 22-11 win-loss record in 2024, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santo Domingo Challenger
Mariano has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Alves | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 61 |
| Pts | 67-58 | 211-161 |
| Total Points | 125 | 372 |
| Winners | 29 | 81 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Meligeni Alves played 1 match while Kestelboim competed in 3 matches. Kestelboim started his run from the qualifications while Meligeni Alves had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mariano Kestelboim conceded 1 set while Felipe Meligeni Alves hasn’t dropped a set so far. Meligeni Alves has played 5 set(s) less than Kestelboim (2 vs 7). Therefore, Meligeni Alves played 42 games less than Kestelboim. Felipe scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mariano struck 81 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Alves | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 119/186 |
| %1st in | 69% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 81/119 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 43/67 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 64% |
Meligeni Alves bagged 5 aces . Kestelboim managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Meligeni Alves won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kestelboim won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Alves | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 44% | 52% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Felipe lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Mariano broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Mariano conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Meligeni Alves | |||
| R1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-58 | 67-58 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kestelboim | ||||||||
| Q1 Jose |
Q1 Jose |
Q3 Andrade |
Q3 Andrade |
R1 Cachin |
R1 Cachin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-2 6-0 | 3-6 7-62 6-1 | 3-6 7-62 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 122 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 57-30 | 97-88 | 97-88 | 57-43 | 57-43 | 422-322 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | 185 | 185 | 100 | 100 | 744 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | 39 | 39 | 24 | 24 | 162 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | 40% | 40% | 42% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | 59/94 | 59/94 | 33/49 | 33/49 | 238/372 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 67% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | 39/59 | 39/59 | 24/33 | 24/33 | 162/238 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 66% | 66% | 73% | 73% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | 19/35 | 19/35 | 13/16 | 13/16 | 86/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | 54% | 54% | 81% | 81% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 26/50 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | 44% | 44% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/3 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 20% | 20% | – | – | 174% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Santo Domingo Challenger
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- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Nick HardtHardt (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Liam DraxlDraxl (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-65 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Peter BertranBertran (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Bernard TomicTomic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andres AndradeAndrade – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
