H2H, prediction of Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Felipe Meligeni Alves in Curitiba Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 26th October 2024

PREVIEW. Curitiba Challenger. Manuel Cerundolo and Meligeni Alves will square off in the semifinal of the Curitiba Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Saturday the 26th of October

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

Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Alves will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Curitiba Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 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 Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.48
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.5

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

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

The last time that they fought against each other, Manuel Cerundolo won 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Villa Maria Challenger back in October 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Juan Manuel Cerundolo

42 - 25win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
42-22
Rank
142
High
79
LWWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-25 0-3 42-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 41-32 4-2 37-28 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 27-17 3-6 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 53-26 0-0 53-22 0-3 0-1 0-0
2020 19-17 2-2 17-14 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 149, Juan got to the semifinal after defeating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 7-5, Tristan Boyer 6-4 6-4 and Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Guillen Meza (6-3 6-4). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 82 points vs Guillen Meza’s 66. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo fired 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 49% of his first serves in, winning 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Manuel Cerundolo broke Guillen Meza 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (241-145). 42-21 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate232-125 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he defeated 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.

The Argentine has an aggregate 42-24 win-loss record in 2024, 42-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Manuel Cerundolo
Curitiba Challenger
Manuel Cerundolo's Record

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Felipe Meligeni Alves
Felipe Meligeni Alves

32 - 24win/loss

Hard
2-7
I Hard
0-1
Clay
27-14
Grass
3-2
Rank
150
High
128
LWWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-25 2-7 27-15 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, Meligeni Alves reached the semifinal after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 7-6(6), Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-0 4-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Meligeni Alves defeated Andres Burruchaga (6-0 4-6 6-1). During the match Meligeni Alves scored 90 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 72. Meligeni Alves was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Meligeni Alves bagged 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Alves put 63% of his first serves in, winning 60% (35/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Meligeni Alves broke Andres Burruchaga 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Meligeni Alves has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

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

The Brazilian has an overall 31-24 win-loss record in 2024, 26-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

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

Meligeni Alves
Curitiba Challenger
Meligeni Alves's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Manuel Cerundolo
F.Meligeni Alves
5h:23
5h:23
Time on court​
6h:11
6h:11
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
!
2h:04
2h:04
3
3
Match played
3
3
60
60
Games Played​
76
76
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
220
220
Total points​
257
257
73.3
73.3
Avg point​
85.7
85.7
78
78
Winners
128
128
26
26
Avg Winners​
42.7
42.7
35%
35%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
20
20
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
6.7
6.7
15
15
Double Faults
3
3
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1
1
78/101
78/101
1st won total​
128/179
128/179
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
48/92
48/92
2nd won total​
42/85
42/85
52%
52%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
11/25
11/25
BP won
11/20
11/20
3.7/8.3
3.7/8.3
Avg BP won
3.7/6.7
3.7/6.7
44%
44%
Won
!
55%
55%
16
16
Conceded
22
22
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
12
12
Saved
17
17

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Manuel Cerundolo Meligeni Alves
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 60 76
Pts 220-187 257-233
Total Points 407 490
Winners 78 128
%Winners 35% 50%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Meligeni Alves played 3 matches. At the moment, Felipe Meligeni Alves surrendered 2 sets while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 2 set(s) less than Meligeni Alves (6 vs 8). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 16 games less than Meligeni Alves. Manuel Cerundolo scored 78 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni Alves managed to score 128 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Manuel Cerundolo Meligeni Alves
Aces 14 20
Avg per match 4.7 6.7
1st in 101/193 179/264
%1st in 52% 68%
1st pts 78/101 128/179
%1st pts 77% 72%
2nd pts 48/92 42/85
%2nd pts 52% 49%

Manuel Cerundolo struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Meligeni Alves struck 20 aces (6.7 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Alves won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Manuel Cerundolo Meligeni Alves
Won 11 11
Converted 11/25 11/20
% Converted 44% 55%
Conceded 16 22
Saved 12 17
% Saved 75% 77%
Times Broken 4 5

Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Felipe broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
R1
Pablo Patino-Samudio
R2
Boyer
1/4
Guillen Meza
Total
Score 6-3 7-5 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 20 19 60
pts 76-69 62-52 82-66 220-187
Total points 145 114 148 407
Winners 31 21 26 78
%Winners 41% 34% 32% 35%
SERVE
Aces 6 4 4 14
Double Faults 7 3 5 15
1st in 45/79 27/55 29/59 101/193
% 1st in 57% 49% 49% 52%
1st pts 31/45 21/27 26/29 78/101
% 1st pts 69% 78% 90% 77%
2nd pts 15/34 20/28 13/30 48/92
% 2nd pts 44% 71% 43% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 2 4 11
Converted 5/8 2/4 4/13 11/25
Converted % 63% 50% 31% 44%
Conceded 11 1 4 16
Saved 9/11 1/1 2/4 12
Saved % 82% 100% 50% 77%
Times Broken 2 0 2 4
Meligeni Alves
R1
Sakamoto
R2
Pablo Ficovich
1/4
Andres Burruchaga
Total
Score 6-2 7-66 7-67 4-6 6-3 6-0 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 21 32 23 76
pts 69-65 98-96 90-72 257-233
Total points 134 194 162 490
Winners 34 59 35 128
%Winners 49% 60% 39% 50%
SERVE
Aces 8 10 2 20
Double Faults 1 2 0 3
1st in 42/66 79/106 58/92 179/264
% 1st in 64% 75% 63% 68%
1st pts 34/42 59/79 35/58 128/179
% 1st pts 81% 75% 60% 72%
2nd pts 10/24 12/27 20/34 42/85
% 2nd pts 42% 44% 59% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 2 6 11
Converted 3/7 2/3 6/10 11/20
Converted % 43% 67% 60% 55%
Conceded 3 5 14 22
Saved 2/3 3/5 12/14 17
Saved % 67% 60% 86% 71%
Times Broken 1 2 2 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Manuel Cerundolo
LWWWLWWWLW
Meligeni Alves
LWWWWLLWLW
2024 2023 2022
42 - 25
32 - 25
0-3
Hard
2-7
42-22
Clay
27-15
0-0
Grass
3-2

Tennis Scores in Curitiba Challenger

  • Fernando Romboli/Matias SotoRomboli/Matias SotoBoris Arias/Federico ZeballosArias/Federico Zeballos (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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