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 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, 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]
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.
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