H2H, prediction of Damir Dzumhur vs Hamad Medjedovic in Istanbul Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th September 2024

PREVIEW. Istanbul Challenger. Dzumhur and Medjedovic will clash against each other in the final of the Istanbul Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 8th of September

Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Hamad Medjedovic

Damir Dzumhur and Hamad Medjedovic will face off in the final of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Hamad Medjedovic is the pick to win this match.
Hamad Medjedovic -> 1.46
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Hamad Medjedovic

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Hamad Medjedovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Damir Dzumhur
Damir Dzumhur

38 - 20win/loss

Hard
10-10
I Hard
4-1
Clay
22-6
Grass
2-3
Rank
103
High
23
LLWLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-27 11-13 22-6 6-5 2-3 0-0
2023 41-34 15-5 18-18 8-9 0-1 0-1
2022 34-28 5-5 19-12 10-11 0-0 0-0
2021 32-32 6-6 17-17 6-6 3-3 0-0
2020 18-15 4-7 6-4 8-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 82, Dzumhur got to the final after beating Ricardas Berankis 2-2 ret., Dino Prizmic 6-2 6-2, Jack Pinnington Jones 6-7(6) 6-1 4-0 ret. and Jesper De Jong 2-6 7-5 7-6(7).

In the semifinal against De Jong, The Bosnian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 7-67). During the match, Dzumhur scored 120 points vs De Jong’s 118. The Bosnian was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dzumhur recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 6 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 73% of his first serves in, winning 56% (47/84) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Dzumhur broke De Jong 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bosnian has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Dzumhur has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (350-278). 10-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has a composed 98-91 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5 and the Zagreb Challenger where he beat Luka Mikrut in the final 7-5 6-0 and the Santo Domingo Challenger where he overcame Andres Andrade in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Bosnian has a compiled 38-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Dzumhur
Istanbul Challenger
Dzumhur's Record

Hamad Medjedovic

Hamad Medjedovic
Hamad Medjedovic

26 - 15win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-8
Grass
2-2
Rank
158
High
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 final after defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2 6-4, Elias Ymer 6-4 1-1 ret., Matej Dodig 6-0 6-4 and Martin Landaluce 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Hamad had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-0 6-4). During the match Medjedovic scored 57 points vs Dodig’s 35. Hamad was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Medjedovic recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hamad Medjedovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Dodig 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Hamad has an aggregate 25-15 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

Medjedovic
Istanbul Challenger
Medjedovic's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Dzumhur
H.Medjedovic
6h:29
6h:29
Time on court​
4h:51
4h:51
!
2h:51
2h:51
Last match​
1h:24
1h:24
4
4
Match played
4
4
77
77
Games Played​
64
64
11
11
Set played​​
9
9
289
289
Total points​
234
234
72.3
72.3
Avg point​
58.5
58.5
110
110
Winners
99
99
27.5
27.5
Avg Winners​
24.8
24.8
38%
38%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
25
25
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
6.3
6.3
4
4
Double Faults
9
9
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
110/183
110/183
1st won total​
99/121
99/121
60%
60%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
47/74
47/74
2nd won total​
38/68
38/68
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
18/40
18/40
BP won
12/28
12/28
4.5/10
4.5/10
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
45%
45%
Won
43%
43%
22
22
Conceded
12
12
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
3
3
10
10
Broken
1
1
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
12
12
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dzumhur Medjedovic
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 11 9
Tot Games 77 64
Pts 289-243 234-165
Total Points 532 399
Winners 110 99
%Winners 38% 42%

Both Dzumhur and Medjedovic played 4 matches. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur surrendered 2 sets while Hamad Medjedovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Dzumhur has played 2 sets more than Medjedovic (11 vs 9). Therefore, Dzumhur played 13 games more than Medjedovic. The Bosnian scored 110 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Hamad struck 99 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dzumhur Medjedovic
Aces 6 25
Avg per match 1.5 6.3
1st in 183/257 121/189
%1st in 71% 64%
1st pts 110/183 99/121
%1st pts 60% 82%
2nd pts 47/74 38/68
%2nd pts 64% 56%

Dzumhur bagged 6 aces (1.5 per match). Medjedovic bagged 25 aces (6.3 per match). Dzumhur won 60% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Medjedovic won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dzumhur Medjedovic
Won 18 12
Converted 18/40 12/28
% Converted 45% 43%
Conceded 22 12
Saved 12 11
% Saved 55% 92%
Times Broken 10 1

Dzumhur broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Damir conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Hamad broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Medjedovic conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
R1
Berankis
R2
Prizmic
1/4
Pinnington
1/2
De
Total
Score 2-2 ret. 6-2 6-2 6-76 6-1 4-0 ret. 2-6 7-5 7-67
Tot Set 1 2 3 3 9
Tot Games 4 16 24 33 77
pts 12-11 62-43 95-71 120-118 289-243
Total points 23 105 166 238 532
Winners 5 23 35 47 110
%Winners 42% 37% 37% 39% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 1 3 6
Double Faults 0 1 0 3 4
1st in 8/10 34/54 57/78 84/115 183/257
% 1st in 80% 63% 73% 73% 71%
1st pts 5/8 23/34 35/57 47/84 110/183
% 1st pts 63% 68% 61% 56% 60%
2nd pts 1/2 11/20 15/21 20/31 47/74
% 2nd pts 50% 55% 71% 65% 64%
Breaks
Won 1 5 7 5 18
Converted 1/3 5/8 7/17 5/12 18/40
Converted % 33% 63% 41% 42% 45%
Conceded 1 2 4 15 22
Saved 0/1 1/2 2/4 9/15 12
Saved % 0% 50% 50% 60% 40%
Times Broken 1 1 2 6 10
Medjedovic
R1
Pacheco
R2
Ymer
1/4
Dodig
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-4 1-1 ret. 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 12 16 46
pts 69-49 42-33 57-35 168-117
Total points 118 75 92 285
Winners 25 21 23 69
%Winners 36% 50% 40% 41%
SERVE
Aces 2 7 8 17
Double Faults 3 1 2 6
1st in 34/57 23/37 27/43 84/137
% 1st in 60% 62% 63% 61%
1st pts 25/34 21/23 23/27 69/84
% 1st pts 74% 91% 85% 82%
2nd pts 14/23 6/14 10/16 30/53
% 2nd pts 61% 43% 63% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 1 4 9
Converted 4/9 1/2 4/10 9/21
Converted % 44% 50% 40% 43%
Conceded 7 4 0 11
Saved 6/7 4/4 0/0 10
Saved % 86% 100% 47%
Times Broken 1 0 0 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Dzumhur
LLWLLLLWLW
Medjedovic
LWWLWLLWWL
2024 2023 2022
39 - 26
31 - 20
11-13
Hard
9-6
4-4
I Hard
5-4
22-6
Clay
15-8
2-3
Grass
2-2
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