Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 19 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 19 June 2023 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2022.[1] He is currently the No. 3 Brazilian tennis player.[2]

Felipe Meligeni Alves
Meligeni Alves at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameFelipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceCampinas, Brazil
Born (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26)
Campinas, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCesar Chiappari
Prize moneyUS$ 1,024,341
Singles
Career record5–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 128 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 147 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021, 2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record15–9
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 75 (20 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 490 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup3–2
Last updated on: 28 June 2024.

Junior career

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Meligeni Alves won the 2016 US Open boys' doubles title, partnering Juan Carlos Aguilar.[3]

Professional career

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2020: ATP debut and maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles

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In January 2020, he reached the semifinals of the Punta del Este Challenger.[4]

Meligeni made his debut in an ATP Tour singles main draw as wildcard at the 2020 Rio Open, losing in three sets to world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the first round.

Meligeni won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at Guayaquil alongside Venezuelan Luis David Martínez, defeating Spaniards Sergio Martos Gornés and Jaume Munar in the final.

Meligeni Alves won his first ATP Challenger singles title at São Paulo, defeating Portuguese Frederico Ferreira Silva, on 29 November 2020. He also won his second doubles title alongside Luis David Martínez in the same event.[5]

2021: First ATP title and top 100 debut in doubles

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In March 2021, Meligeni Alves won his first ATP 250 doubles title alongside Rafael Matos at the 2021 Córdoba Open defeating Romain Arneodo and Benoît Paire. He reached the top 100 on 14 June 2021 at world No. 99 in doubles.

In March, he reached the semifinals of the Santiago Challenger.[6] In June he reaches the semi of the Challenger in Biella,[7] and in July, in the Iasi Challenger semi.[8] He reached the final of the Santiago Challenger in October, losing in the final to Sebastián Báez.[9] He even reached the semi-final of the Challenger in São Paulo.[10]

2022: Top 150 in singles, Major debut & Second ATP title & top 75 in doubles

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In doubles, he made his Grand Slam debut partnering Rafael Matos at the 2022 Australian Open. In February 2022, Meligeni Alves won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Chile Open alongside Matos.

In singles, he reached the top 150 at No. 144 on 18 July 2022 following his second Challenger title at the 2022 Iași Open in Romania and a career-high singles ranking of No. 137 on 25 July 2022.

In April 2022, he reached the semifinals at Challenger in Mexico.[11] In June, went to the Buenos Aires Challenger semi.[12] He was champion of the Challenger in Iasi, Romania, in July.[13] He also reached the semifinals of the São Leopoldo Challenger in November.[14]

He finished the year ranked at No. 149 in singles on 21 November 2022.

2023: Masters and Grand Slam debuts

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He entered the main draw of a Masters 1000 for the first time, at the 2023 Miami Masters 1000.[15] In May he went to the semifinals of the Challenger of Oeiras.[16] He reached the best ranking of his career, 129 in the world, when he became champion of the Lyon Challenger in June.[17] Reached the 2nd round of the 2023 US Open.[18] In November, he reached the semifinals of the Challenger in Guayaquil.[19]

2024: Roland Garros and Wimbledon debuts

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Meligeni reached the round of 16 at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, after passing through the qualifiers.[20] In March, he reached the semifinals of the São Leopoldo Challenger.[21] At Challenger 175 in Turin, Meligeni skipped the qualifiers, and then won the first two matches of the main draw, reaching the quarterfinals.[22]

He qualified for the main draw of the 2024 French Open making his debut at this Major. He lost to seventh seed Casper Ruud in the first round in straight sets.[23] Ranked No. 147, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making also his debut.[24]

Personal life

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Meligeni Alves is of Argentine descent through his mother.[25] Meligeni Alves' older sister Carolina Meligeni Alves is also a tennis player[26] and their uncle, Fernando Meligeni, was also a tennis player who reached the semifinals at the 1999 French Open[27] and at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games.[28]

ATP Tour career finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Córdoba Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay   Rafael Matos   Romain Arneodo
  Benoît Paire
6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Feb 2022 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay   Rafael Matos   André Göransson
  Nathaniel Lammons
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Egypt F17, Cairo Futures Clay   Orlando Luz 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 Oct 2018 Brazil F6, Curitiba Futures Clay   Francisco Cerúndolo 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2018 Brazil F7, Sao Carlos Futures Clay   João Souza 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia Futures Hard   Evan Hoyt 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–2 Mar 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey Futures Clay   Ivan Nedelko 6–7(5–7), 7–5 Ret.
Win 4–2 Apr 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey Futures Clay   Clement Geens 6–3, 1–0 ret.
Loss 4–3 May 2019 M15 Las Palmas, Spain Futures Clay   Eduard Esteve Lobato 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 May 2019 M15 Las Palmas, Spain Futures Clay   Eduard Esteve Lobato 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Nov 2020 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 5–5 Oct 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Sebastián Báez 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win 6–5 Jul 2022 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay   Pablo Andújar 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win 7–5 Jun 2023 Lyon, France Challenger Clay   Alexander Ritschard 6–4, 0–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 7–6 Oct 2024 Curitiba, Brazil Challenger Clay   Jaime Faria 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2019 Segovia, Spain Challenger Clay   Orlando Luz   Sander Arends
  David Pel
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Ariel Behar
  Gonzalo Escobar
6–2, 2–6, [10–3]
Win 1–2 Nov 2020 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Sergio Martos Gornés
  Jaume Munar
6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 2–2 Nov 2020 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Rogério Dutra Silva
  Fernando Romboli
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Dec 2020 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Sadio Doumbia
  Fabien Reboul
7–6(7–9), 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 2–4 Mar 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Luis David Martínez
  Gonçalo Oliveira
5–7, 1–6
Loss 2–5 May 2021 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   André Göransson
  Nathaniel Lammons
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2021 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay   Orlando Luz   Hernán Casanova
  Roberto Ortega Olmedo
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Jul 2021 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay   Orlando Luz   Pedro Cachin
  Facundo Mena
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–6 Jul 2021 Trieste, Italy Challenger Clay   Orlando Luz   Antoine Hoang
  Albano Olivetti
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win 5–6 Aug 2021 Como, Italy Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Luis David Martínez
  Andrea Vavassori
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 5–7 Sep 2021 Tulln an der Donau, Austria Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Dustin Brown
  Andrea Vavassori
6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 6–7 Nov 2021 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Ignacio Carou
  Luciano Darderi
6–4, 6–4
Win 7–7 Nov 2021 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Gilbert Klier Júnior
  Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
6–3, 6–1
Loss 7–8 Nov 2021 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Nicolás Barrientos
  Alejandro Gómez
w/o
Loss 7–9 Apr 2022 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Nicolás Barrientos
  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–7(11–13), 2–6
Win 8–9 Apr 2022 Tigre, Argentina Challenger Clay   Guillermo Durán   Luciano Darderi
  Juan Bautista Torres
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 8–10 May 2022 Salvador, Brazil Challenger Clay   Orlando Luz   Diego Hidalgo
  Cristian Rodríguez
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8–11 Nov 2022 São Leopoldo, Brazil Challenger Clay   João Lucas Reis da Silva   Guido Andreozzi
  Guillermo Durán
1–5 ret.

National representation

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Davis Cup

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Meligeni Alves was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon.[29] Meligeni Alves made his debut in Davis Cup against Hady Habib and won in straight sets in the second rubber which after allowed the Brazilian team to confirm the 4–0 tie and advance into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round.[30] Currently, Meligeni Alves sports a 3–2 record in Davis Cup matches.

All Davis Cup Matches: 1–0 (Singles: 1–0)
2020 Davis Cup World Group I
Round Date Opponent Final match score Location Surface Match Opponent Rubber Score
WGI September 18–19, 2021   Lebanon 2–0 Jounieh Clay Singles 4 Hady Habib 6–1, 6–3

United Cup

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He represented Brazil at the 2023 United Cup as the No. 2 player.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2016 US Open Hard   Juan Carlos Aguilar   Félix Auger-Aliassime
  Benjamin Sigouin
6–3, 7–6(7–4)

References

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  1. ^ "Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". www.atptour.com.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ redação, Por GloboEsporte comDa (10 September 2016). "Em Nova York, Felipe Meligeni leva título de duplas do US Open juvenil". globoesporte.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ^ Thiago Monteiro e Felipe Meligeni fazem semifinal e garantem Brasil na decisão em Punta del Este
  5. ^ Felipe Meligeni conquista título em São Paulo
  6. ^ Meligeni goes to the semi in Santiago
  7. ^ Felipe Meligeni stops in the semi in Biella, but will have a better ranking
  8. ^ Felipe Meligeni focuses on the top 150 and wants title in Romania
  9. ^ Felipe Meligeni takes Baez's turnaround final of the Challenger in Santiago
  10. ^ Dove Men+Care La Legión Circuit: Felipe Meligeni is in the semifinals of the ATP Challenger 80
  11. ^ Felipe Meligeni loses to Swiss
  12. ^ Felipe Meligeni stops in the semi in Buenos Aires, but returns to the top 200
  13. ^ Felipe Meligeni is champion of the Challenger of Romania
  14. ^ Foreigners decide São Léo Open title this Sunday
  15. ^ Felipe Meligeni perde estreia em Miami, mas deixa tio Fernando feliz na TV
  16. ^ Meligeni goes to the semi in Portugal and Wild stops in the quarterfinals in Turin
  17. ^ best-ranking-of-career Meligeni saves match point in the final, is champion in Lyon and achieves best ranking of his career
  18. ^ Felipe Meligeni abandona, e Báez vai à terceira rodada do US Open
  19. ^ Meligeni loses to head 2 and ends up in the semi-finals
  20. ^ Monteiro vence Meligeni e é 2º brasileiro garantido nas quartas do Rio Open
  21. ^ Demoliner e Luz conquistam o título de duplas em São Leo
  22. ^ Felipe Meligeni cai para top-30 do mundo no Challenger de Turim
  23. ^ "Red-hot Ruud continues form in Roland Garros opener". ATPtour.com. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Pouille headlines quartet of French qualifiers at Wimbledon". ATPtour.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  25. ^ Chacon, Paulo (November 30, 2020). "Fernando Meligeni e a relação Argentina-Brasil em sua carreira". Olimpíada Todo Dia.
  26. ^ ""Nunca ninguém acreditou nela, só nós da família", diz Meligeni sobre sucesso da sobrinha Carol". globoesporte.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 August 2019.
  27. ^ "Trajetória de Meligeni à semi de Roland Garros teve bolada em torcedor e "vacilo" de Guga". globoesporte.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 June 2019.
  28. ^ "Fernando Meligeni: saiba tudo da trajetória de Fininho no tênis". www.esportelandia.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 April 2019.
  29. ^ "Brasil convoca tenistas para a disputa da Copa Davis". 18 August 2021.
  30. ^ "Brasil vence o Líbano e avança aos playoffs da Copa Davis". Gazeta Esportiva. 19 September 2021.
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