Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Alves will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 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 Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.75
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves

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

The last time that they played, Meligeni Alves won 6-3 7-6(6) in the qualifications in Rio de janiero back in February 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 154, Juan got to the 2^nd round after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-2 6-1). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 55 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 30. Manuel Cerundolo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Pablo Ficovich 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (236-144). 37-20 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate227-124 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Boscardin Dias in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger where he defeated Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the Antofagasta Challenger where he overcame Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in the final 3-6 6-2 6-4.

Manuel Cerundolo has a composed 37-23 win-loss record in 2024, 37-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Ranked no. 165, the Brazilian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Hady Habib 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, Meligeni Alves had a good straight sets win against Habib (6-4 7-6³). During the match Meligeni Alves scored 80 points vs Habib’s 68. Meligeni Alves was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Meligeni Alves struck 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Alves was very efficient on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Habib once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Felipe’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger.

Meligeni Alves has a composed 28-22 win-loss record in 2024, 23-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Meligeni Alves
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	23
Pts	55-30	80-68
Total Points	85	148
Winners	20	39
%Winners	36%	49%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Meligeni Alves played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Manuel Cerundolo and Meligeni Alves have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Manuel Cerundolo played 8 games less than Meligeni Alves. Manuel Cerundolo scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni Alves blasted 39 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Meligeni Alves
Aces	7	2
Avg per match	7	2
1st in	23/41	51/71
%1st in	56%	72%
1st pts	20/23	39/51
%1st pts	87%	76%
2nd pts	10/18	15/20
%2nd pts	56%	75%

Manuel Cerundolo made 7 aces . Meligeni Alves scored 2 aces . Manuel Cerundolo won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Alves won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Meligeni Alves
Won	5	1
Converted	5/8	1/2
% Converted	63%	50%
Conceded	0	3
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Argentine quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Felipe broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Felipe was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Pablo Ficovich	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	55-30	55-30
Total points	85	85
Winners	20	20
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	23/41	23/41
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	20/23	20/23
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Meligeni Alves
	R1 Habib	Total
Score	6-4 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	80-68	80-68
Total points	148	148
Winners	39	39
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	51/71	51/71
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	39/51	39/51
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/20	15/20
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/2	1/2
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Villa Maria Challenger

• Hugo DellienDellien – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Boris Arias/Federico ZeballosArias/Federico Zeballos – Tristan Boyer/Juan Pablo FicovichBoyer/Juan Pablo Ficovich (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (2-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Scott Duncan/Hunter ReeseDuncan/Hunter Reese – Mateo Del Pino/Juan Manuel La SernaDel Pino/Juan Manuel La Serna (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-5 6-7³ 6-0) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (3-6 7-5 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo DellienDellien – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico CoriaCoria – Facundo MenaMena (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction