Medjedovic at the 2023 French Open
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| Country (sports) |  Serbia |
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| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Born | (2003-07-18) 18 July 2003 (age 20) Novi Pazar, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2021 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Viktor Troicki |
| Prize money | $1,058,491 [1] |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 16–14 (53.3% inATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 102 (16 October 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 134 (20 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2024) |
| French Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
| US Open | Q1 (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–3 (0% inATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1267 (24 May 2021) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | 1R (2020) |
| French Open Junior | QF (2020) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2021) |
| US Open Junior | 1R (2019) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 1–0 (Singles1–0, Doubles0–0) |
| Last updated on: 20 May 2024. | |
Hamad Medjedovic (Serbian: Хамад Међедовић, romanized: Hamad Međedović; born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 16 October 2023, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102. On 24 May 2021, he peaked at No. 1267 in the doubles rankings.[2] Medjedovic has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 4 January 2021.[3] He is the reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion.
Anethnic Bosniak, Medjedovic was born in Novi Pazar, at the time part of Serbia and Montenegro.[4] He first met countryman Novak Djokovic at age nine or ten and first practised with him at age 16, after which Djokovic began providing Medjedovic advice and financial support for all of his tennis expenses.[4][5]
Medjedovic made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Belgrade Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws.[6]
Medjedovic reached the final at the 2022 Platzmann-Sauerland Open as a qualifier, eliminating both fourth-seeded Marco Cecchinato and top seed Nicolás Jarry en route. He then defeated Zhang Zhizhen in less than an hour in the final, winning his maiden Challenger title.[7]
In February, Medjedovic recorded his first ATP Tour win, when he made his debut in the Davis Cup by beating Viktor Durasovic in the tie against Norway which Serbia won 4:0.[8]
In March 2023, Medjedovic won his second Challenger title at the Kiskút Open after defeating Nino Serdarušić in the final in straight sets. With this win, he became the fourth Serbian teenager to win multiple Challenger titles, joining Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarević (with 3), and Miomir Kecmanović (with 2). As a result, he climbed into the top 200 at world No. 192 on 20 March 2023.[9] In May, ranked No. 214, he moved close to 50 positions up in the rankings to a new career high into the top 170 following his third Challenger title at the 2023 Upper Austria Open where he defeated three Austrians including former world No. 3 and top seed Dominic Thiem in the semifinals and fifth seed Filip Misolic in the final. At 19 years and 9 months, he became the third Serbian teenager to win 3 titles in Challenger history, joining Djokovic and Tipsarevic.[10]
In May, Medjedovic made his Grand Slam debut at the French Open where he qualified to the main draw with victories over Ivan Gakhov, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo,[11] and Jesper de Jong,[12] He lost in the first round to Marcos Giron.[13]
In July, Medjedovic made his Wimbledon debut, where he qualified again.[14] He lost to Christopher O'Connell in the first round of the main draw.
Ranked No. 183, as a qualifier, he reached his first ATP semifinal at the Swiss Open Gstaad. He beat Zhang Zhizhen in the first round, Dominic Thiem in the second and fourth seed Yannick Hanfmann in the quarterfinals in straight sets.[15] He lost to the eventual champion Pedro Cachin.[16]
In August, Medjedovic entered the US Open qualifying where he lost in the first round in three tight sets to Borna Gojo.[17]
In September, he won his fourth title on the ATP Challenger TourinMallorca, defeating Harold Mayot in the final. As a result, he moved into the top 125 on 11 September 2023.
He was granted a wildcard for the Astana Open, where he reached the quarterfinals with wins over seventh seed Laslo Djere in the first round and wildcard Alexander Shevchenko in the second.[18][19] Next he defeated fourth seed Jiří Lehečka in straight sets, to reach his second career semifinal, for the biggest win of his career thus far.[20] In the semifinals, he lost to the fifth seed Sebastian Korda in three sets with three tiebreaks.[21] In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals[22][23] and won the title, unbeaten in all five matches, defeating top seed Arthur Fils in the final,[24] thus becoming the lowest-ranked champion in tournament history at world No. 110.[25]
He made debut at a Masters 1000 at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open after qualifying for the main draw and recorded his first win at this level over Aleksandar Kovacevic.[26] At the next Masters, the Italian Open, he reached the third round for the first time at this level, also after qualifying, defeating Alexei Popyrin and 30th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
He qualified for the main draw of the 2024 French Open making his debut at this Major.[27]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 French Open.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| National representation | |||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | SF | 0 / 1 | 1–0 | 100% | |
| Summer Olympics | A | Not Held | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| ATP Masters 1000 | |||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
| Tournaments | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | Career total: 14 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 0 / 14 | 15–13 | 54% |
| Win % | 0% | 0% | 63% | 50% | 54% | ||
| Year-end ranking[a] | 671 | 255 | 113 | $1,137,834 | |||
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | Dec 2023 | Next Generation ATP Finals, Saudi Arabia | Hard (i) |  Arthur Fils
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3–4(6–8), 4–1, 4–2, 3–4(9–11), 4–1 |
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2022 | Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Timo Stodder
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6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2022 | Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Valentin Royer
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2022 | Ulcinj, Montenegro | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Àlex Martí Pujolràs
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6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 2022 | Lüdenscheid, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Zhang Zhizhen
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6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–0 | Mar 2023 | Székesfehérvár, Hungary | Challenger | Clay |  Nino Serdarušić
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–0 | May 2023 | Mauthausen, Austria | Challenger | Clay |  Filip Misolic
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6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 |
| Win | 7–0 | Sep 2023 | Mallorca, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Harold Mayot
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6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2021 | Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Marko Tepavac
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 Stefan Micov Alen Rogić Hadžalić
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6–1, 6–4 |
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