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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. 117 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2022.[1]

FullnameFelipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Country(sports) Brazil
ResidenceCampinas, Brazil
Born (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 28)
Campinas, Brazil
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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 28)
Campinas, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCesar Chiappari
Prize moneyUS $ 1,395,275
Singles
Career record5–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (21 April 2025)
Current rankingNo. 809 (15 June 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021, 2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record16–11
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 75 (20 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 387 (15 June 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup3–2
Last updated on: 21 June 2026.
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Career

2016: Juniors

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

2020: ATP debut, Maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles

In January 2020, he reached the semifinals of the Punta del Este Challenger.[3]

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.[4]

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

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

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.[14] In May he went to the semifinals of the Challenger of Oeiras.[15] He reached the best ranking of his career, 129 in the world, when he became champion of the Lyon Challenger in June.[16] Reached the 2nd round of the 2023 US Open.[17] In November, he reached the semifinals of the Challenger in Guayaquil.[18]

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.[19] In March, he reached the semifinals of the São Leopoldo Challenger.[20] At Challenger 175 in Turin, Meligeni skipped the qualifiers, and then won the first two matches of the main draw, reaching the quarterfinals.[21]

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.[22] Ranked No. 147, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making also his debut.[23]

Personal life

Meligeni Alves is of Argentine descent through his mother.[24] Meligeni Alves' older sister Carolina Meligeni Alves is also a tennis player[25] and their uncle, Fernando Meligeni, was also a tennis player who reached the semifinals at the 1999 French Open[26] and 4th place at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games.[27]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Grand Slam (–)
ATP 1000 (–)
ATP 500 (–)
ATP 250 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (–)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (–)
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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Córdoba Open, Argentina ATP 250 Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Monaco Romain Arneodo
France Benoît Paire
6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Feb 2022 Chile Open, Chile ATP 250 Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Sweden Andre Goransson
United States Nathaniel Lammons
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
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ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
ITF Futures/WTT (6–4)
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Clay (10–6)
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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2020 São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 1–1 Oct 2021 Challenger de Santiago III, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Báez 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2022 Iași Open, Romania Challenger Clay Spain Pablo Andújar 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jun 2023 Open Sopra Steria, France Challenger Clay Switzerland Alexander Ritschard 6–4, 0–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 3–2 Oct 2024 Curitiba Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Portugal Jaime Faria 4–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Mar 2025 Yucatán Open, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Ficovich 6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Win 5–2 Apr 2025 Mexico City Open, Mexico Challenger Clay France Luka Pavlovic 6–3, 6–3
Win 1–0 May 2018 F17 Cairo, Egypt Futures Clay Brazil Orlando Luz 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 Oct 2018 F6 Curitiba, Brazil Futures Clay Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2018 F7 São Carlos, Brazil Futures Clay Brazil João Souza 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–2 Mar 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Russia Ivan Nedelko 6–7(5–7), 7–5 ret.
Win 4–2 Apr 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Belgium Clement Geens 6–3, 1–0 ret.
Loss 4–3 May 2019 M15 Las Palmas, Spain WTT Clay Spain Eduard Esteve Lobato 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 May 2019 M15 Las Palmas, Spain WTT Clay Spain Eduard Esteve Lobato 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Jul 2026 M25 São Paulo, Brazil WTT Clay Brazil Paulo André Saraiva dos Santos 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–4 Aug 2026 M25 Londrina, Brazil WTT Clay Brazil Paulo André Saraiva dos Santos 6–3, 7–5
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Doubles: 21 (8 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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ATP Challenger Tour (8–13)
ITF Futures/WTT (20+)
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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2019 Open Castilla y León, Spain Challenger Clay Brazil Orlando Luz Netherlands Sander Arends
Netherlands David Pel
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 Lima Challenger, Peru Challenger Clay Venezuela Luis David Martínez Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
2–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win 1–2 Nov 2020 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Venezuela Luis David Martínez Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
Spain Jaume Munar
6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 2–2 Nov 2020 São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Venezuela Luis David Martínez Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva
Brazil Fernando Romboli
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Dec 2020 Campeonato Internacional, Brazil Challenger Clay Venezuela Luis David Martínez France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
7–6(9–7), 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 2–4 Mar 2021 Challenger de Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Venezuela Luis David Martínez
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
5–7, 1–6
Loss 2–5 May 2021 Biella Challenger V, Italy Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Sweden Andre Goransson
United States Nathaniel Lammons
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2021 Iași Open, Romania Challenger Clay Brazil Orlando Luz Argentina Hernán Casanova
Spain Roberto Ortega Olmedo
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Jul 2021 Tampere Open, Finland Challenger Clay Brazil Orlando Luz Argentina Pedro Cachín
Argentina Facundo Mena
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–6 Jul 2021 Trieste Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Brazil Orlando Luz France Antoine Hoang
France Albano Olivetti
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win 5–6 Aug 2021 Como Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Venezuela Luis David Martínez
Italy Andrea Vavassori
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 5–7 Sep 2021 NÖ Open, Austria Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Germany Dustin Brown
Italy Andrea Vavassori
6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 6–7 Nov 2021 Uruguay Open, Uruguay Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Uruguay Ignacio Carou
Italy Luciano Darderi
6–4, 6–4
Win 7–7 Nov 2021 Campinas International, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Brazil Gilbert Klier Jr.
Brazil Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
6–3, 6–1
Loss 7–8 Nov 2021 São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Colombia Alejandro Gómez
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Loss 7–9 Apr 2022 San Luis Open, Mexico Challenger Clay Venezuela Luis David Martínez Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–7(11–13), 2–6
Win 8–9 Apr 2022 Challenger de Tigre II, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Durán Italy Luciano Darderi
Argentina Juan Bautista Torres
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 8–10 May 2022 Salvador Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Orlando Luz Ecuador Diego Hidalgo
Colombia Cristian Rodríguez
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8–11 Nov 2022 São Léo Open, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil João Lucas Reis da Silva Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Guillermo Durán
1–5 ret.
Loss 8–12 Sep 2024 Buenos Aires Challenger, Argentina Challenger Clay Brazil Marcelo Zormann Bolivia Murkel Dellien
Argentina Facundo Mena
6–1, 2–6, [10–12]
Loss 8–13 Mar 2026 LA Open, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil João Lucas Reis da Silva Brazil Gustavo Heide
Brazil Guto Miguel
4–6, 2–6
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National representation

Davis Cup

Meligeni Alves was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon.[28] 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.[29] Currently, Meligeni Alves sports a 3–2 record in Davis Cup matches.

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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
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United Cup

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

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