Zhizhen Zhang and Hamad Medjedovic will face off in the final of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hamad Medjedovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hamad Medjedovic is the pick to win this match.
Hamad Medjedovic -> 1.49
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hamad Medjedovic
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Hamad Medjedovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 281, the Chinese reached the final after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 7-5 6-3, Manuel Guinard 6-1 7-5, Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-1 and Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-3 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 59 points vs Kovalik’s 49. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhang bagged 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Zhizhen Zhang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 72% of his first serves in, winning 83% (35/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Kovalik twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhang hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Zhang has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (213-176). 15-8 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a composed83-61 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger,the Tunis Challenger and the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Zhizhen has an overall 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Hamad Medjedovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-23 | 10-5 | 22-9 | 11-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 12-10 | 28-6 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-13 | 0-0 | 13-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 395, Medjedovic got to the final after defeating Leopold Zima 6-1 6-0, Martin Krumich 6-3 6-0, Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 6-3, Filip Horansky 6-1 6-3, Marco Cecchinato 6-1 6-1 and Nicolas Jarry 6-3 6-76 6-2.
In the semifinal, Hamad defeated Jarry (6-3 6-76 6-2). During the match Medjedovic scored 105 points vs Jarry’s 92. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Medjedovic blasted 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hamad Medjedovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (51/72) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Medjedovic broke Jarry 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Medjedovic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Hamad’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Ulcinj.
Hamad has a compiled 40-10 win-loss record in 2022, 27-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 106 |
| Pts | 260-201 | 401-276 |
| Total Points | 461 | 677 |
| Winners | 107 | 162 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Zhang played 4 matches while Medjedovic competed in 6 matches. Medjedovic started his run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hamad Medjedovic lost 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zhang has played 5 set(s) less than Medjedovic (8 vs 13). Therefore, Zhang played 31 games less than Medjedovic. Zhang scored 107 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Hamad struck 162 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 140/228 | 221/344 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 107/140 | 162/221 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 42/88 | 73/123 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 59% |
Zhang fired 21 aces (5.3 per match). Medjedovic scored 29 aces (4.8 per match). Zhang won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Medjedovic won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 27 |
| Converted | 18/35 | 27/48 |
| % Converted | 51% | 56% |
| Conceded | 14 | 18 |
| Saved | 8 | 15 |
| % Saved | 57% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Zhang broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Chinese lost his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Hamad broke his opponents 27 times with a 56% conversion rate. Medjedovic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | ||||||
| R1 Barranco |
R2 Guinard |
1/4 Cuevas |
1/2 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 75 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 68-51 | 54-34 | 59-49 | 260-201 | |
| Total points | 146 | 119 | 88 | 108 | 461 | |
| Winners | 17 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 41% | 50% | 59% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/62 | 37/63 | 32/45 | 42/58 | 140/228 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 59% | 71% | 72% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 17/29 | 28/37 | 27/32 | 35/42 | 107/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 76% | 84% | 83% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 12/26 | 6/13 | 7/16 | 42/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 46% | 44% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 5/9 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 18/35 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 56% | 100% | 50% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 100% | 100% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Medjedovic | ||||||||
| Q1 Zima |
Q3 Krumich |
R1 Sachko |
R2 Horansky |
1/4 Cecchinato |
1/2 Jarry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-76 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 106 | |
| pts | 52-28 | 58-33 | 61-44 | 67-44 | 58-35 | 105-92 | 401-276 | |
| Total points | 80 | 91 | 105 | 111 | 93 | 197 | 677 | |
| Winners | 24 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 51 | 162 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% | 41% | 30% | 36% | 49% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 33/54 | 33/52 | 25/47 | 25/41 | 72/104 | 221/344 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 61% | 63% | 53% | 61% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 21/33 | 25/33 | 20/25 | 21/25 | 51/72 | 162/221 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 64% | 76% | 80% | 84% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 13/21 | 9/19 | 15/22 | 9/16 | 20/32 | 73/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 62% | 47% | 68% | 56% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 27 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | 5/5 | 4/11 | 5/12 | 3/8 | 27/48 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | 100% | 36% | 42% | 38% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 129% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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