Hamad Medjedovic and Elias Ymer will face off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hamad Medjedovic is the pick to win this match.
Hamad Medjedovic -> 1.44
Elias Ymer -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Hamad Medjedovic vs. Elias Ymer
There is no head to head record between Hamad Medjedovic and Elias Ymer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Hamad Medjedovic
23 - 15win/loss
158
102
LWWLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-20 | 9-6 | 15-8 | 5-4 | 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. 137, Medjedovic got to the 2nd round after beating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (6-2 6-4). During the match, Medjedovic scored 69 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 49. Hamad was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Medjedovic made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Hamad Medjedovic was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Medjedovic broke Pacheco Mendez 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Medjedovic has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (133-78). 6-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Medjedovic has a composed30-22 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Hamad has a composed 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Elias Ymer
14 - 22win/loss
297
105
LLLWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-28 | 4-12 | 6-9 | 6-6 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 1-4 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 223, Elias got to the 2nd round after defeating Cezar Cretu 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Cretu (7-65 6-4). During the match Ymer scored 76 points vs Cretu’s 72. Elias was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elias Ymer was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swede broke Cretu once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
The Swede’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Ymer has an aggregate 14-22 win-loss record in 2024, 4-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medjedovic | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 |
| Pts | 69-49 | 76-72 |
| Total Points | 118 | 148 |
| Winners | 25 | 34 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Medjedovic and Ymer played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Medjedovic and Ymer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Medjedovic played 5 games less than Ymer. Hamad scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ymer struck 34 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medjedovic | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 42/70 |
| %1st in | 60% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 34/42 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 54% |
Medjedovic managed to score 2 aces . Ymer made 8 aces . Medjedovic won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medjedovic | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 17% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Serbian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Ymer broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Elias was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Medjedovic | |||
| R1 Pacheco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-49 | 69-49 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ymer | |||
| R1 Cretu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-72 | 76-72 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Aziz DougazDougaz (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Benjamin LockLock – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Egor AgafonovAgafonov – Yanki ErelErel (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Martin DammDamm (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-72 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Cezar CretuCretu (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Koray KirciKirci (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Tuncay DuranDuran (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-7(2) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Aziz DougazDougaz (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Benjamin LockLock – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Egor AgafonovAgafonov – Yanki ErelErel (3-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Martin DammDamm (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
