Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Alves will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Curitiba Challenger for the 3^rd 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.

As 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 3^rd 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 2^nd round in the Villa Maria Challenger back in October 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

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

Felipe Meligeni Alves

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 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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

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