Francisco Comesana and Felipe Meligeni Alves will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 4th 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 Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.6
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves
This will be the 4th time that Francisco Comesana and Felipe Meligeni Alves play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Comesana (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Comesana won 6-4 ret. in the quarter in the Santo Domingo Challenger back in 2023.
Francisco Comesana
38 - 27win/loss
85
84
LWWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 8-5 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, Francisco got to the quarter after beating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-2 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round against Pablo Ficovich, Francisco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-4 7-66). During the match, Comesana scored 117 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 113. Comesana was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Regarding the service games, Comesana bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Comesana was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (56/75) of his 1st serve and 67% (28/42) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francisco broke Pablo Ficovich once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Comesana has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (264-146). 5-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Comesana has a compiled16-15 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5 and the Buenos Aires Challenger where he beat Federico Coria in the final 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4.
The Argentine has a composed 38-27 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Francisco has never competed in this tournament before.
Felipe Meligeni Alves
36 - 27win/loss
149
128
LWWLWWLLWW | 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. 157, Meligeni reached the quarter after defeating Lautaro Midon 6-2 7-5 and Bernard Tomic 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Felipe defeated Tomic (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Meligeni scored 83 points vs Tomic’s 81. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Meligeni recorded 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Felipe Meligeni Alves was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Meligeni broke Tomic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felipe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Curitiba Challenger.
The Brazilian has a composed 36-27 win-loss record in 2024, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Meligeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 49 |
| Pts | 176-151 | 155-135 |
| Total Points | 327 | 290 |
| Winners | 86 | 69 |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% |
Both Comesana and Meligeni played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francisco Comesana surrendered 1 set, while Felipe Meligeni Alves conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Comesana and Meligeni have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Comesana played 4 games more than Meligeni. Francisco scored 86 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Meligeni scored 69 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Meligeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 12.5 |
| 1st in | 109/163 | 89/132 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 86/109 | 69/89 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 35/54 | 23/43 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 53% |
Comesana made 18 aces (9 per match). Meligeni blasted 25 aces (12.5 per match). Comesana won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Comesana | Meligeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Comesana broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Argentine very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Meligeni broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Felipe conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | ||||
| R1 Luz |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-77 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 36 | 53 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 117-113 | 176-151 | |
| Total points | 97 | 230 | 327 | |
| Winners | 30 | 56 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/46 | 75/117 | 109/163 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 64% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 56/75 | 86/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 28/42 | 35/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 1/7 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 14% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Meligeni | ||||
| R1 Midon |
R2 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| pts | 72-54 | 83-81 | 155-135 | |
| Total points | 126 | 164 | 290 | |
| Winners | 30 | 39 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 16 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/56 | 50/76 | 89/132 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 39/50 | 69/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 14/26 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/6 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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