Francisco Cerundolo and Hamad Medjedovic will square off in the quarter of the Belgrade Open for the 1^st 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

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

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

Ranked no. 29, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye and Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction