Alexander Shevchenko and Hamad Medjedovic will face off in the 2nd round of the Astana Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 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 Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.89
Hamad Medjedovic -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hamad Medjedovic
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Hamad Medjedovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Medjedovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Medjedovic won 6-0 7-5 in the 2nd round in M15 Heraklion back in 2020.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-35 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-34 | 16-15 | 19-13 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-33 | 2-4 | 41-23 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-27 | 8-4 | 33-17 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-8 | 13-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shevchenko scored 71 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 60. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Van De Zandschulp 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Shevchenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (221-131). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has a compiled17-14 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Madrid Challenger where he defeated Pedro Cachin in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Russian has a composed 36-29 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Astana
Hamad Medjedovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-21 | 9-6 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 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. 120 (career-high), Hamad reached the 2nd round after beating Laslo Djere 6-3 2-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Djere, Hamad had a free pass after Djere retired on a 6-3 2-1 . scoreline.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Szekesfehervar Challenger where he defeated Nino Serdarusic in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Mauthausen Challenger where he beat Filip Misolic in the final 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 and the Mallorca Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-2 4-6 6-2.
Medjedovic has a composed 40-18 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Astana
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 12 |
| Pts | 71-60 | 38-29 |
| Total Points | 131 | 67 |
| Winners | 29 | 21 |
| %Winners | 41% | 55% |
Both Shevchenko and Medjedovic played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shevchenko has played 1 set(s) less than Medjedovic (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Shevchenko played 7 games more than Medjedovic. Shevchenko scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Medjedovic blasted 21 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 25/33 |
| %1st in | 69% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 21/25 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 4/8 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Shevchenko recorded 5 aces . Medjedovic blasted 5 aces . Shevchenko won 66% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Medjedovic won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Hamad was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Shevchenko | |||
| R1 Van De Zandschulp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-60 | 71-60 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Medjedovic | |||
| R1 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 38-29 | 38-29 | |
| Total points | 67 | 67 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Astana
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-76 7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (5-7 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
