Francisco Cerundolo and Hamad Medjedovic will square off in the quarter of the Belgrade Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.75
Hamad Medjedovic -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hamad Medjedovic
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Hamad Medjedovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
34 - 30win/loss
29
19
WLWWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-30 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye and Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-4 6-4). During the match, Cerundolo scored 64 points vs Safiullin’s 58. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Cerundolo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 56% of his first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Safiullin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (312-166). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cerundolo has a composed15-14 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Umag where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Cerundolo has an overall 34-30 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Hamad Medjedovic
33 - 20win/loss
156
102
WWLWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-20 | 9-6 | 15-8 | 7-4 | 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. 156, Medjedovic reached the quarter after beating Brandon Nakashima 3-6 7-5 6-3 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Medjedovic had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-65 6-4). During the match Medjedovic scored 69 points vs Kovacevic’s 57. Hamad was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Medjedovic managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hamad Medjedovic was very efficient on serve to win 85% (39/46) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hamad broke Kovacevic once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Medjedovic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Medjedovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Istanbul Challenger.
Hamad has a composed 33-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 53 |
| Pts | 64-58 | 160-140 |
| Total Points | 122 | 300 |
| Winners | 28 | 85 |
| %Winners | 44% | 53% |
Cerundolo played 1 match while Medjedovic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Hamad Medjedovic lost 1 set while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cerundolo has played 3 set(s) less than Medjedovic (2 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 33 games less than Medjedovic. Cerundolo scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Hamad blasted 85 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 13 |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 105/138 |
| %1st in | 56% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 85/105 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 23/33 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 70% |
Cerundolo bagged 6 aces . Medjedovic struck 26 aces (13 per match). Cerundolo won 85% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Medjedovic won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Medjedovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Cerundolo broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Francisco was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Medjedovic broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||
| R2 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-58 | 64-58 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Medjedovic | ||||
| R1 Nakashima |
R2 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| pts | 91-83 | 69-57 | 160-140 | |
| Total points | 174 | 126 | 300 | |
| Winners | 46 | 39 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 57% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 10 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/81 | 46/57 | 105/138 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 81% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 39/46 | 85/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 85% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 9/11 | 23/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 82% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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