Felipe Meligeni Alves and Juan Pablo Ficovich will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Curitiba Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felipe Meligeni Alves who should win in 3 sets.
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.59
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 5th time that Felipe Meligeni Alves and Juan Pablo Ficovich square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Pablo Ficovich (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Meligeni Alves won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Mexico City Challenger back in 2023.
Felipe Meligeni Alves
31 - 24win/loss
149
128
| 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. 167, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, Meligeni Alves had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-2 7-66). During the match, Meligeni Alves scored 69 points vs Sakamoto’s 65. Felipe was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Meligeni Alves scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Alves put 64% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Meligeni Alves broke Sakamoto 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Meligeni Alves has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (305-205). 24-14 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Meligeni Alves has a compiled268-166 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Felipe’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger.
Felipe has a compiled 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Curitiba Challenger
Juan Pablo Ficovich
40 - 30win/loss
187
125
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 5-7 | 36-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-13 | 11-18 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-32 | 6-11 | 23-15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 4-3 | 13-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 179, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Pablo Ficovich had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-1 6-1). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 61 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 37. Juan was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Juan broke Rodriguez Taverna 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cali Challenger where he overcame Gonzalo Bueno in the final 6-1 6-4.
Pablo Ficovich has a compiled 40-29 win-loss record in 2024, 36-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Curitiba Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Alves | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 |
| Pts | 69-65 | 61-37 |
| Total Points | 134 | 98 |
| Winners | 34 | 21 |
| %Winners | 49% | 34% |
Both Meligeni Alves and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Meligeni Alves and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Meligeni Alves played 7 games more than Pablo Ficovich. The Brazilian scored 34 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine scored 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Alves | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 28/49 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 21/28 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Meligeni Alves bagged 8 aces . Pablo Ficovich recorded 5 aces . Meligeni Alves won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Alves | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 43% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Felipe broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Felipe dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Argentine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Meligeni Alves | |||
| R1 Sakamoto | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-65 | 69-65 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 42/66 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Rodriguez Taverna | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 61-37 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Curitiba Challenger
- Mateus AlvesAlves – Karue SellSell (7-65 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Jose PereiraPereira (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gastao EliasElias – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (5-7 6-2 2-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaime FariaFaria – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (1-1) – H2H and prediction