Hamad Medjedovic and Ignacio Buse will square off in the quarter of the Salzburg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.3
Ignacio Buse -> 3.24

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Prediction and head to head Hamad Medjedovic vs. Ignacio Buse

There is no head to head record between Hamad Medjedovic and Ignacio Buse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Hamad Medjedovic

Ranked no. 126, Medjedovic reached the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-1 4-1 ret. and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 7-6(4).

In the 2^nd round, Medjedovic had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match, Medjedovic scored 84 points vs Huesler’s 72. Hamad was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Medjedovic fired 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Hamad Medjedovic was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Huesler 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Medjedovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (126-72). 13-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Medjedovic has an aggregate77-33 record in the last 6 years on clay.

Hamad has a composed 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salzburg Challenger

Ignacio Buse

Ranked no. 312 (career-high), the Peruvian reached the quarter after beating Gerard Campana Lee 6-4 6-2, Vit Kopriva 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Hamad Medjedovic .

In the 2^nd round against Kopriva, Ignacio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Buse scored 118 points vs Kopriva’s 108. Buse was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Buse struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ignacio Buse lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Buse put 55% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Kopriva 6 times after converting 29% of his break points (6/21).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ignacio has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Ignacio’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona and M25 Vic.

Ignacio has a compiled 32-16 win-loss record in 2024, 29-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Medjedovic	Buse
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	34	46
Pts	133-97	184-162
Total Points	230	346
Winners	48	51
%Winners	36%	28%

Both Medjedovic and Buse played 2 matches. At the moment, Ignacio Buse lost 1 set while Hamad Medjedovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Medjedovic and Buse have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Medjedovic played 12 games less than Buse. Hamad scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Buse made 51 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Medjedovic	Buse
Aces	14	7
Avg per match	7	3.5
1st in	63/115	78/140
%1st in	55%	56%
1st pts	48/63	51/78
%1st pts	76%	65%
2nd pts	31/52	30/62
%2nd pts	60%	48%

Medjedovic fired 14 aces (7 per match). Buse blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Medjedovic won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Medjedovic	Buse
Won	7	12
Converted	7/15	12/32
% Converted	47%	38%
Conceded	7	15
Saved	5	8
% Saved	71%	53%
Times Broken	2	7

The Serbian broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Buse broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Peruvian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Medjedovic
	R1 Kolar	R2 Huesler	Total
Score	6-1 4-1 ret.	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	12	22	34
pts	49-25	84-72	133-97
Total points	74	156	230
Winners	14	34	48
%Winners	29%	40%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	10	14
Double Faults	1	5	6
1st in	16/29	47/86	63/115
% 1st in	55%	55%	55%
1st pts	14/16	34/47	48/63
% 1st pts	88%	72%	76%
2nd pts	10/13	21/39	31/52
% 2nd pts	77%	54%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/8	3/7	7/15
Converted %	50%	43%	47%
Conceded	0	7	7
Saved	0/0	5/7	5
Saved %	–	71%	36%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Buse
	R1 Campana	R2 Kopriva	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	4-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	28	46
pts	66-54	118-108	184-162
Total points	120	226	346
Winners	20	31	51
%Winners	30%	26%	28%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	3	5	8
1st in	29/51	49/89	78/140
% 1st in	57%	55%	56%
1st pts	20/29	31/49	51/78
% 1st pts	69%	63%	65%
2nd pts	10/22	20/40	30/62
% 2nd pts	45%	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/11	6/21	12/32
Converted %	55%	29%	38%
Conceded	6	9	15
Saved	3/6	5/9	8
Saved %	50%	56%	53%
Times Broken	3	4	7

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