Daniil Medvedev and Henri Laaksonen will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.013
Henri Laaksonen -> 18

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Henri Laaksonen

This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Henri Laaksonen clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 7-6(8) 6-7(6) 6-2 in the Rubber 1 in 3 back in 2019.

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
13
High
1
LWWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-23 20-12 6-4 10-4 5-3 0-0
2024 46-21 28-9 11-5 1-5 6-2 0-0
2023 66-18 38-8 10-3 11-4 7-3 0-0
2022 45-19 26-8 3-2 8-6 8-3 0-0
2021 63-13 33-5 5-3 18-3 7-2 0-0

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), he will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the ATP Cup where he defeated 6-4 6-0 to Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal on the 8th of January.

Daniil has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Medvedev has an overall 382-162 record. He has a positive 158-55 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.

Australian Open
Medvedev's Record

Henri Laaksonen

Henri Laaksonen

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
827
High
84
LLWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 5-5 0-0 5-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 11-23 1-2 9-16 1-4 0-1 0-0
2022 22-35 5-12 5-11 12-9 0-3 0-0
2021 44-25 8-5 19-10 17-9 0-1 0-0
2020 16-15 1-3 9-6 5-5 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 91 (career-high), Henri will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Melbourne where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Munar Clar in the 2nd round on the 6th of January.

Laaksonen has a compiled 2-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Swiss has an overall 415-329 record. He has a positive 94-81 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Australian Open
Laaksonen's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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