Roman Andres Burruchaga and Felipe Meligeni Alves will face off in the quarter of the Curitiba Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Andres Burruchaga who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Andres Burruchaga is the pick to win this match.
Roman Andres Burruchaga -> 1.53
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves

This will be the 3^rd time that Roman Andres Burruchaga and Felipe Meligeni Alves play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Andres Burruchaga and Meligeni Alves (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Andres Burruchaga won 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the 2^nd round in the Campinas Challenger back in 2023.

Roman Andres Burruchaga

Ranked no. 129, Andres Burruchaga got to the quarter after defeating Matias Soto 6-1 6-2 and Hady Habib 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Habib (7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match, Andres Burruchaga scored 68 points vs Habib’s 53. Roman was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Andres Burruchaga struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Roman Andres Burruchaga lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Andres Burruchaga put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Habib 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Andres Burruchaga has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (179-125). 37-21 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Andres Burruchaga has an overall143-101 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

Roman’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Zug Challenger.

The Argentine has a compiled 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 37-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Ranked no. 167, the Brazilian got to the quarter after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 7-6(6) and Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Brazilian defeated Pablo Ficovich (7-6⁷ 4-6 6-3). During the match Meligeni Alves scored 98 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 96. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about serving, Meligeni Alves managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Alves put 75% of his first serves in, winning 75% (59/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Pablo Ficovich twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Felipe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

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

Felipe has an overall 30-24 win-loss record in 2024, 25-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Andres Burruchaga	Meligeni Alves
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	36	53
Pts	125-86	167-161
Total Points	211	328
Winners	44	93
%Winners	35%	56%

Both Andres Burruchaga and Meligeni Alves played 2 matches. At the moment, Felipe Meligeni Alves conceded 1 set while Roman Andres Burruchaga hasn’t conceded a set so far. Andres Burruchaga has played 1 set(s) less than Meligeni Alves (4 vs 5). Therefore, Andres Burruchaga played 17 games less than Meligeni Alves. Andres Burruchaga scored 44 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian made 93 winners (56%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Andres Burruchaga	Meligeni Alves
Aces	4	18
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	58/103	121/172
%1st in	56%	70%
1st pts	44/58	93/121
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	30/45	22/51
%2nd pts	67%	43%

Andres Burruchaga bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Meligeni Alves scored 18 aces (9 per match). Andres Burruchaga won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Alves won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Andres Burruchaga	Meligeni Alves
Won	8	5
Converted	8/14	5/10
% Converted	57%	50%
Conceded	6	8
Saved	4	5
% Saved	67%	63%
Times Broken	2	3

Roman broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Felipe conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Andres Burruchaga
	R1 Soto	R2 Habib	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	7-64 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	21	36
pts	57-33	68-53	125-86
Total points	90	121	211
Winners	17	27	44
%Winners	30%	40%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	19/40	39/63	58/103
% 1st in	48%	62%	56%
1st pts	17/19	27/39	44/58
% 1st pts	89%	69%	76%
2nd pts	15/21	15/24	30/45
% 2nd pts	71%	63%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/9	4/5	8/14
Converted %	44%	80%	57%
Conceded	0	6	6
Saved	0/0	4/6	4
Saved %	–	67%	34%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Meligeni Alves
	R1 Sakamoto	R2 Pablo Ficovich	Total
Score	6-2 7-66	7-67 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	32	53
pts	69-65	98-96	167-161
Total points	134	194	328
Winners	34	59	93
%Winners	49%	60%	56%
SERVE
Aces	8	10	18
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	42/66	79/106	121/172
% 1st in	64%	75%	70%
1st pts	34/42	59/79	93/121
% 1st pts	81%	75%	77%
2nd pts	10/24	12/27	22/51
% 2nd pts	42%	44%	43%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5
Converted	3/7	2/3	5/10
Converted %	43%	67%	50%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	2/3	3/5	5
Saved %	67%	60%	64%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Curitiba Challenger

• Felipe Meligeni Alves/Marcelo ZormannMeligeni Alves/Marcelo Zormann – Mateus Alves/Orlando LuzAlves/Orlando Luz (6-4 5-7 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings

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