Hamad Medjedovic and Otto Virtanen will square off in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Hamad Medjedovic is the pick to win this match.
Hamad Medjedovic -> 1.32
Otto Virtanen -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Hamad Medjedovic vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 2nd time that Hamad Medjedovic and Otto Virtanen clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Medjedovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Medjedovic won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the qualifications in Gstaad back in 2023.

Hamad Medjedovic

Hamad Medjedovic

17 - 7win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
12-3
Clay
4-3
Rank
77
High
61
WLLLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-8 1-1 5-4 12-3 0-0 0-0
2024 35-21 9-6 15-8 9-5 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

Ranked no. 72, the Serbian will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 to Etcheverry in the 1st round on the 24th of April.

The Serbian has an aggregate 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he beat Liam Draxl in the final 6-1 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Hamad has an overall 162-91 record. He has a positive 83-40 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Rome
Medjedovic's Record

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen

6 - 13win/loss

Hard
2-6
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-5
Rank
114
High
91
LWLLWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-16 2-6 5-8 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 43-28 9-11 5-7 24-7 5-3 0-0
2023 33-31 4-6 4-10 22-11 3-4 0-0
2022 46-31 4-1 7-12 25-13 8-3 2-2
2021 40-21 2-2 16-11 19-6 0-0 3-2

Ranked no. 130, Virtanen reached the 1st round after defeating Tristan Boyer 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-3 6-1). During the match Virtanen scored 54 points vs Arnaboldi’s 35. Virtanen was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Virtanen fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Otto Virtanen was very effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Finn broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Otto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Finn has an overall 6-13 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Rome
Virtanen's Record

Tennis Scores in Rome

  • Dusan LajovicLajovicCameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenkoMarton Fucsovics
    Fucsovics (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Chun Hsin TsengHsin TsengJuan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
  • Vit KoprivaKoprivaNishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres BurruchagaPablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De AlboranGiulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
  • Sebastian OfnerOfnerYannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
  • Carlos TabernerTabernerJaime FariaFaria (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
  • Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth WildJesper De JongDe Jong (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
  • Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios VeraValentin RoyerRoyer (7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
  • Vilius GaubasGaubasHugo DellienDellien (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
  • Otto VirtanenVirtanenFederico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
  • Dusan LajovicLajovicCameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Chun Hsin TsengHsin TsengJuan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
  • Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios VeraValentin RoyerRoyer (7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression

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