Felipe Meligeni Alves

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Meligeni Rodriguesand the second or paternal family name is Alves.

Felipe Meligeni Alves

Meligeni Alves at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Campinas, Brazil
Born	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26) Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Cesar Chiappari
Prize money	US$ 1,024,341
Singles
Career record	5–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 128 (22 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 147 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021, 2024)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	15–9
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 75 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 490 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	3–2
Last updated on: 28 June 2024.

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]

Junior career

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

Professional career

2020: ATP debut and maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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

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

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)

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

Davis Cup

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

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

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.

External links

• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves at the International Tennis Federation
• Felipe Meligeni Alves at the Davis Cup