Felipe Meligeni Alves | Bio | ATP Tour

Nicknamed Feli and speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Began playing tennis at age 5 and comes from a tennis family. Uncle, Fernando Meligeni, ranked a career-high No. 25 and was a semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 1999 (l. to A. Medvedev).
Father, Flavio Rodrigues Alves, and mother, Paula Alejandra Meligeni, are tennis coaches. Older sister, Carolina, plays on the WTA Tour, and reached a career-high No. 165 singles ranking in September 2022 and career-high No. 110 doubles ranking in July 2022.
Ended junior careerby winning 2016 US Open boys’ doubles title w/Aguilar and achievedcareer-high No. 31 ranking.
Considers forehand best shot and clay favorite surface.
Wimbledon is his favorite tournament and Rome favorite city on tour.
Idol growing up was former World No. 3 David Nalbandian.
Says his secret talent is playing basketball.Big fan of Los Angeles Lakers and favorite player is Lebron James.

(UPDATED 25 MAY 2024)

Achieved career-high No. 128 in April 2024 soon after earning his 1st ATP Tour win on home soil in Rio de Janeiro (d. Cachin).
Earned first tour-level win in 2021 Davis Cup play vs. Lebanon (d. Habib) and first ATP Tour win at 2023 Los Cabos over Tabilo.
In Grand Slam main draw debut at 2023 US Open as Q, defeated Duckworth for first win (l. to Baez in 2R).
Won 1st Challenger singles title at 2020 Sao Paulo – same city where uncle, Fernando, captured his 1st Challenger singles title in 1993 and also won Challenger titles at 2022 Iasi and 2023 Lyon.
Made ATP Tour breakthrough in doubles, capturing 2021 Cordoba and 2022 Santiago titles with countryman Matos.
Ended junior career by winning 2016 US Open boys’ doubles title w/Aguilar and achieving career-high No. 31.
Uncle, Fernando, is a former World No. 25 on ATP Tour; older sister, Carolina, plays on WTA Tour.