Francisco Comesana and Felipe Meligeni Alves will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 4^th 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 4^th 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

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