Jaime Faria and Felipe Meligeni Alves will fight against each other in the final of the Curitiba Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am 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 Felipe Meligeni Alves who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.63
Jaime Faria -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves
This will be the 2nd time that Jaime Faria and Felipe Meligeni Alves face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Meligeni (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Meligeni won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in May 2024.
Jaime Faria
53 - 25win/loss
120
120
WWWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-25 | 24-5 | 27-14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144 (career-high), the Portuguese got to the final after defeating Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-2 5-7 6-3, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 7-5 6-1, Gastao Elias 5-7 6-3 6-1 and Gustavo Heide 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal, Jaime had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-4 6-3). During the match, Faria scored 60 points vs Heide’s 48. Jaime was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Faria blasted 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jaime Faria was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaime broke Heide twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Faria has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Faria has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (156-91). 26-14 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Faria has a composed70-42 record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he defeated Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
Jaime has an aggregate 52-25 win-loss record in 2024, 26-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Curitiba Challenger
Faria has never competed in this tournament before.
Felipe Meligeni Alves
32 - 25win/loss
150
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, Felipe got to the final after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 7-6(6), Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3, Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-0 4-6 6-1 and Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4 6-0.
In the semifinal, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-4 6-0). During the match Meligeni scored 64 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 49. Felipe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Meligeni scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Felipe broke Manuel Cerundolo 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Meligeni has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger and the Curitiba Challenger.
Felipe has an overall 32-24 win-loss record in 2024, 27-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Curitiba Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Faria | Meligeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 95 | 92 |
| Pts | 317-245 | 321-282 |
| Total Points | 562 | 603 |
| Winners | 129 | 152 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Faria and Meligeni played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaime Faria surrendered 2 sets, while Felipe Meligeni Alves lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Faria and Meligeni have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Faria played 3 games more than Meligeni. The Portuguese scored 129 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Felipe made 152 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Faria | Meligeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 157/288 | 215/321 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 129/157 | 152/215 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 66/131 | 53/106 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Faria bagged 17 aces (4.3 per match). Meligeni scored 21 aces (5.3 per match). Faria won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Faria | Meligeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 16 |
| Converted | 17/27 | 16/32 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 26 |
| Saved | 9 | 20 |
| % Saved | 56% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
Jaime broke his opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Meligeni broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Faria | ||||||
| R1 Emanuel |
R2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
1/4 Elias |
1/2 Heide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 95 | |
| pts | 100-82 | 64-45 | 93-70 | 60-48 | 317-245 | |
| Total points | 182 | 109 | 163 | 108 | 562 | |
| Winners | 40 | 24 | 37 | 28 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 40% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 27/58 | 47/80 | 33/59 | 157/288 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 47% | 59% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 40/50 | 24/27 | 37/47 | 28/33 | 129/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 89% | 79% | 85% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 16/31 | 16/33 | 15/26 | 66/131 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 52% | 48% | 58% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/4 | 6/10 | 2/3 | 17/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Meligeni | ||||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
1/4 Andres Burruchaga |
1/2 Manuel Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | 7-67 4-6 6-3 | 6-0 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 32 | 23 | 16 | 92 | |
| pts | 69-65 | 98-96 | 90-72 | 64-49 | 321-282 | |
| Total points | 134 | 194 | 162 | 113 | 603 | |
| Winners | 34 | 59 | 35 | 24 | 152 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 60% | 39% | 38% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 79/106 | 58/92 | 36/57 | 215/321 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 75% | 63% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 59/79 | 35/58 | 24/36 | 152/215 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 60% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 12/27 | 20/34 | 11/21 | 53/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 44% | 59% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/3 | 6/10 | 5/12 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 60% | 42% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/5 | 12/14 | 3/4 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 86% | 75% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
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