Max Purcell and Hamad Medjedovic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.49
Hamad Medjedovic -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Hamad Medjedovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155 (career-high), Max reached the semifinal after defeating Sebastian Ofner 7-66 3-6 6-3, Sumit Nagal 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Luca Nardi 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, Max had a good straight sets win against Nardi (6-2 6-0). During the match, Purcell scored 54 points vs Nardi’s 26. Max was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell was quite effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Nardi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (224-162). 14-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a composed164-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4.
Purcell has a compiled 14-3 win-loss record in 2023, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Purcell has never competed in this tournament before.
Hamad Medjedovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 9-6 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 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. 255, Medjedovic reached the semifinal after beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 6-4, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3 5-7 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, Hamad had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-1 6-2). During the match Medjedovic scored 57 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 34. Hamad was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Medjedovic scored 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Hamad Medjedovic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Medjedovic put 44% of his first serves in, winning 88% (21/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Medjedovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hsin Tseng 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hamad has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Hamad has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 65 |
| Pts | 248-207 | 214-173 |
| Total Points | 455 | 387 |
| Winners | 108 | 97 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Purcell and Medjedovic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell dropped 2 sets, while Hamad Medjedovic lost 1 set. Purcell has played 1 set more than Medjedovic (8 vs 7). Therefore, Purcell played 8 games more than Medjedovic. Max scored 108 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Medjedovic fired 97 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 139/220 | 120/217 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 108/139 | 97/120 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 43/81 | 53/97 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Purcell struck 23 aces (7.7 per match). Medjedovic recorded 23 aces (7.7 per match). Purcell won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Medjedovic won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 10/13 |
| % Converted | 53% | 77% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 16 |
| % Saved | 67% | 84% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Purcell broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Hamad broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||||
| R1 Ofner |
R2 Nagal |
1/4 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 3-6 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 28 | 14 | 73 | |
| pts | 109-101 | 85-80 | 54-26 | 248-207 | |
| Total points | 210 | 165 | 80 | 455 | |
| Winners | 48 | 39 | 21 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 39% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 13 | 5 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/104 | 47/78 | 26/38 | 139/220 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 48/66 | 39/47 | 21/26 | 108/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 83% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 15/31 | 8/12 | 43/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 67% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/8 | 5/7 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 71% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 50% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Medjedovic | |||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Moreno De Alboran |
1/4 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 15 | 65 | |
| pts | 62-54 | 95-85 | 57-34 | 214-173 | |
| Total points | 116 | 180 | 91 | 387 | |
| Winners | 29 | 47 | 21 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 37% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 36/69 | 60/94 | 24/54 | 120/217 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 64% | 44% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 47/60 | 21/24 | 97/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 88% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 20/34 | 14/30 | 53/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 47% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 100% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 6/8 | 5/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 83% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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