# Felipe Meligeni Alves

Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 19 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 128 achieved on 22 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2022. He is currently the No. 4 Brazilian tennis player.

## Career
### 2016: Juniors

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

### 2020: ATP debut, Maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles

In January 2020, he reached the semifinals of the Punta del Este Challenger.
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: 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. In June he reaches the semi of the Challenger in Biella, and in July, in the Iasi Challenger semi. He reached the final of the Santiago Challenger in October, losing in the final to Sebastián Báez. He even reached the semi-final of the Challenger in São Paulo.

### 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. In June, went to the Buenos Aires Challenger semi. He was champion of the Challenger in Iasi, Romania, in July. He also reached the semifinals of the São Leopoldo Challenger in November.
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. In May he went to the semifinals of the Challenger of Oeiras. He reached the best ranking of his career, 129 in the world, when he became champion of the Lyon Challenger in June. Reached the 2nd round of the 2023 US Open. In November, he reached the semifinals of the Challenger in Guayaquil.

### 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. In March, he reached the semifinals of the São Leopoldo Challenger. At Challenger 175 in Turin, Meligeni skipped the qualifiers, and then won the first two matches of the main draw, reaching the quarterfinals.
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. Ranked No. 147, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making also his debut.

## Personal life

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

## ATP Tour finals
### Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (0–0)
* ATP 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 | ATP 250 | Clay | Rafael Matos | Romain Arneodo Benoît Paire | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2022 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | Rafael Matos | Andre Goransson Nathaniel Lammons | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
* ITF Futures/WTT (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, São Carlos | Futures | Clay | João Souza | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 2019 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Evan Hoyt | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Ivan Nedelko | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–5 ret. |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Clement Geens | 6–3, 1–0 ret. |
| Loss | 4–3 | May 2019 | M15 Las Palmas, Spain | WTT | Clay | Eduard Esteve Lobato | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | May 2019 | M15 Las Palmas, Spain | WTT | Clay | Eduard Esteve Lobato | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2020 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2021 | Santiago III, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Báez | 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2022 | Iași, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Andújar | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jun 2023 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | Alexander Ritschard | 6–4, 0–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2024 | Curitiba, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Jaime Faria | 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (8–12)
* ITF Futures/WTT (20+)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (8–12)
* 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 | 4–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2019 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Luis David Martínez | Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar | 2–6, 6–2, [3–10] |
| 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$^{(9–7)}$, 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 V, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Rafael Matos | Andre Goransson 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 Jr. Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Nov 2021 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Rafael Matos | Nicolás Barrientos Alejandro Gómez | walkover |
| 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 II, 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. |
| Loss | 8–12 | Sep 2024 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Zormann | Murkel Dellien Facundo Mena | 6–1, 2–6, [10–12] |

## National representation
### Davis Cup

Meligeni Alves was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon. 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. 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 |
| Win | 2016 | US Open | Hard | Juan Carlos Aguilar | Félix Auger-Aliassime Benjamin Sigouin | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |