Felipe Meligeni Alves and Darwin Blanch will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on ESTADIO RAFAEL OSUNA. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Alves -> 1.4
Darwin Blanch -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Darwin Blanch

There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Alves and Darwin Blanch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Felipe Meligeni Alves

12 - 8win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-5
Rank
218
High
117
LWLLWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-13 1-3 15-9 0-0 1-1 0-0
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

Ranked no. 153, Felipe got to the 2nd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 3-6 6-3 7-6(9).

In the 1st round against Zhukayev, The Brazilian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-69). During the match, Meligeni Alves scored 113 points vs Zhukayev’s 108. Felipe was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Regarding the service games, Meligeni Alves fired 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Alves put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (48/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Meligeni Alves has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (323-217). 10-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Meligeni Alves has a compiled 283-174 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Merida Challenger where he beat Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-2 1-6 6-2.

The Brazilian has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mexico City Challenger

Mexico City Challenger
Meligeni Alves's Record

Darwin Blanch

Darwin Blanch

14 - 7win/loss

Hard
13-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-1
Rank
285
High
285
LWWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-22 31-14 2-3 7-5 0-0 0-0
2024 24-19 16-10 8-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 7-7 0-2 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 10-8 7-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 578 (career-high), Darwin got to the 2nd round after defeating Rodrigo Alujas 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round against Alujas, Darwin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Blanch scored 77 points vs Alujas’s 73. Blanch was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch blasted 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Darwin Blanch lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alujas 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Blanch’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena.

The American has a compiled 14-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Mexico City Challenger
Blanch's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Meligeni Alves
D.Blanch
2h:31
2h:31
Time on court​
1h:41
1h:41
!
2h:31
2h:31
Last match​
1h:41
1h:41
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
26
26
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
113
113
Total points​
77
77
113
113
Avg point​
77
77
48
48
Winners
30
30
48
48
Avg Winners​
30
30
42%
42%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
8
8
Avg Aces
4
4
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
48/68
48/68
1st won total​
30/45
30/45
!
71%
71%
1st won %
67%
67%
19/39
19/39
2nd won total​
12/30
12/30
49%
49%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
7/12
7/12
4/13
4/13
Avg BP won
7/12
7/12
31%
31%
Won
!
58%
58%
9
9
Conceded
9
9
9
9
Avg Conceded
9
9
4
4
Broken
5
5
4
4
Avg Broken
!
5
5
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Meligeni Alves Blanch
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 26
Pts 113-108 77-73
Total Points 221 150
Winners 48 30
%Winners 42% 39%

Both Meligeni Alves and Blanch played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Felipe Meligeni Alves lost 1 set, while Darwin Blanch surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Meligeni Alves and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Meligeni Alves played 5 games more than Blanch. Felipe scored 48 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 30 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Meligeni Alves Blanch
Aces 8 4
Avg per match 8 4
1st in 68/107 45/75
%1st in 64% 60%
1st pts 48/68 30/45
%1st pts 71% 67%
2nd pts 19/39 12/30
%2nd pts 49% 40%

Meligeni Alves scored 8 aces . Blanch struck 4 aces . Meligeni Alves won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Meligeni Alves Blanch
Won 4 7
Converted 4/13 7/12
% Converted 31% 58%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5 4
% Saved 56% 44%
Times Broken 4 5

Meligeni Alves broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Darwin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Meligeni Alves
R1
Zhukayev
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 7-69
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 113-108 113-108
Total points 221 221
Winners 48 48
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 68/107 68/107
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 48/68 48/68
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 19/39 19/39
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/13
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5/9 5
Saved % 56% 56%
Times Broken 4 4
Blanch
R1
Alujas
Total
Score 3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 77-73 77-73
Total points 150 150
Winners 30 30
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 45/75 45/75
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 30/45 30/45
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 12/30 12/30
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/12 7/12
Converted % 58% 58%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 4/9 4
Saved % 44% 44%
Times Broken 5 5

Tennis Scores in Mexico City Challenger

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