Hamad Medjedovic and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on 1573 Arena. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hamad Medjedovic is the pick to win this match.
Hamad Medjedovic -> 1.121
Marco Cecchinato -> 5.85

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Prediction and head to head Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 2nd time that Hamad Medjedovic and Marco Cecchinato square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medjedovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Medjedovic won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in the Luedenscheid Challenger back in 2022.

Hamad Medjedovic

Hamad Medjedovic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
126
High
102
LWLWLWWWLW
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. 113, Hamad will start his run at the Australian Open after he won the title in the Next Gen ATP Finals after beating 3-4(6) 4-1 4-2 3-4(9) 4-1 Fils in the final.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

The Serbian won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Hamad has an overall 110-63 record. He has a positive 24-17 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Medjedovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Medjedovic's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
356
High
16
WWWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-19 0-2 22-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-23 1-4 12-17 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 43-33 0-3 43-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-27 1-5 31-19 0-2 0-1 0-0
2020 25-17 1-4 22-11 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 217, Marco will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Jones in the 1st round on the 1st of January.

Marco has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 439-319 record. He has a negative 25-60 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. See his history.

Australian Open
Cecchinato's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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