Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov will face off in the semifinal of the Erste Bank Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.176
Grigor Dimitrov -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 6th time that Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round in Indian wells back in 2021.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniil Medvedev – Indian wells 13-October-2021
Daniil Medvedev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-9 | 9-5 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 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. 4, Daniil got to the semifinal after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 6-2, Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-3 and Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Daniil had a good straight sets win against Sinner (6-4 6-2). During the match, Medvedev scored 63 points vs Sinner’s 48. Medvedev was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Medvedev struck 7 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Daniil Medvedev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 76% of his first serves in, win 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sinner 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Medvedev hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Medvedev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (422-176). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Medvedev has an overall 115-49 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Los Cabos where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 7-5 6-0.
The Russian has a compiled 43-15 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-8 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Grigor got to the semifinal after beating Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-3 6-4, Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4 and Marcos Giron 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The Bulgarian defeated Giron (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Dimitrov scored 86 points vs Giron’s 70. Dimitrov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Dimitrov made 11 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was quite effective on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Dimitrov broke Giron 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Grigor has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and Carlo.
Dimitrov has a compiled 24-20 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 67 |
| Pts | 187-132 | 205-157 |
| Total Points | 319 | 362 |
| Winners | 87 | 96 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Both Medvedev and Dimitrov played 3 matches. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov lost 1 set while Daniil Medvedev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Medvedev has played 1 set(s) less than Dimitrov (6 vs 7). Therefore, Medvedev played 15 games less than Dimitrov. Daniil scored 87 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Dimitrov scored 96 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 9.7 |
| 1st in | 109/146 | 114/177 |
| %1st in | 75% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 87/109 | 96/114 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 37/63 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Medvedev recorded 23 aces (7.7 per match). Dimitrov managed to score 29 aces (9.7 per match). Medvedev won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 84% of the points on 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 | Medvedev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Russian extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Grigor broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Grigor conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Medvedev | |||||
| R1 Basilashvili |
R2 Thiem |
1/4 Sinner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 18 | 52 | |
| pts | 57-32 | 67-52 | 63-48 | 187-132 | |
| Total points | 89 | 119 | 111 | 319 | |
| Winners | 26 | 31 | 30 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/41 | 40/56 | 37/49 | 109/146 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 71% | 76% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 31/40 | 30/37 | 87/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 9/16 | 6/12 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dimitrov | |||||
| R1 Moura Monteiro |
R2 Rublev |
1/4 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 29 | 67 | |
| pts | 59-44 | 60-43 | 86-70 | 205-157 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | 156 | 362 | |
| Winners | 29 | 25 | 42 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 27/49 | 53/77 | 114/177 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 25/27 | 42/53 | 96/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 93% | 79% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/22 | 13/24 | 37/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 55% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 57% | 19% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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