Holger Rune and Hamad Medjedovic will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on KINOSHITA GROUP SHOW COURT. 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 Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.4
Hamad Medjedovic -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Hamad Medjedovic

This will be the 2^nd time that Holger Rune and Hamad Medjedovic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Medjedovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Medjedovic won 2-6 6-3 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in 2 back in January 2025.

Holger Rune

Ranked no. 11, Holger will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Cerundolo in the round robin on the 20^th of September.

Rune has a compiled 29-19 win-loss record in 2025, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Barcelona where he overcame Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, The Dane has an overall 280-149 record. He has a positive 66-50 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Hamad Medjedovic

Ranked no. 63, will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in 1 where he beat 6-7(7) 7-6(6) 3-1 ret.

to Erel in the Rubber 2 on the 12^th of September.

The Serbian has a composed 27-15 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (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.

In terms of his career, Medjedovic has an overall 172-99 record. He has a positive 39-27 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Hamad has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy (7-6⁷ 4-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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