Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 19 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.

Felipe Alves

Meligeni Alves at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Campinas, Brazil
Born	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 24) Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Cesar Chiappari
Prize money	US$ 396,956
Singles
Career record	1–3 (25.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 137 (25 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 145 (22 August 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	Q3 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021)
US Open	Q1 (2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	11–7 (61.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 75 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 89 (22 August 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	2–1
Last updated on: 24 August 2022.

Meligeni Alves has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 25 July 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2022.[1]

Junior career

Meligeni Alves won the 2016 US Open boys' doubles title, partnering Juan Carlos Aguilar.[2]

Professional career

2020: ATP debut and maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles

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.

2021-2022: First ATP doubles title and top 100 debut

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 February 2022, Meligeni Alves won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Chile Open alongside Matos.

Personal life

Meligeni Alves' older sister Carolina Meligeni Alves is also a tennis player[3] and their uncle, Fernando Meligeni, was also a tennis player who reached the semifinals at the 1999 French Open[4] and at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games.[5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

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 Cerundolo	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2018	Brazil F7, Sao Carlos	Futures	Clay	Joao 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

Doubles: 18 (8–10)

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 Cachín 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 Potosi, 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

National representation

Davis Cup

Meligeni Alves was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon.[6] 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.[7] Currently, Meligeni Alves sports a 1–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only singles matches thus far.

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

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

External links

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

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