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.
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
38 - 20win/loss
82
23
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 38-20 | 10-10 | 22-6 | 4-1 | 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
Hamad Medjedovic
26 - 15win/loss
137
102
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-15 | 8-5 | 15-8 | 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. 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | ||
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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 |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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