Hamad Medjedovic

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Hamad Medjedovic
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Medjedovic at the 2023 French Open
Full nameHamad Međedović
Country (sports)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Residence Belgrade, Serbia
Born (2003-07-18) 18 July 2003 (age 22)
Novi Pazar, Serbia and Montenegro
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Ilija Bozoljac (2021–2022) [1]
Stéphane Robert (2022–2023) [1]
Viktor Troicki (2023–2024) [2]
Jorge Aguirre (2025–) [3]
Prize moneyUS $ 2,048,875 [4] [5]
Singles
Career record38–30 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 57 (25 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 57 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2024)
French Open 3R (2025)
Wimbledon 1R (2023, 2025)
US Open 1R (2024, 2025)
Doubles
Career record1–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1267 (24 May 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (2025)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 3–2 (Sin. 2–1, Dbs. 1–1)
Last updated on: 26 August 2025.

Hamad Medjedovic [a] (born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 25 August 2025, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 57. He is currently the No. 3 player from Serbia.

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Medjedovic won the 2023 NextGen Finals.

Early life

Medjedovic was born in a Bosniak [6] family in Novi Pazar, Serbia, at the time part of Serbia and Montenegro. [7] He first met countryman Novak Djokovic at age nine or ten and first practiced with him at age 16, after which Djokovic began providing Medjedovic advice and financial support, covering all his tennis expenses. [7] [8]

Career

2021: ATP debut

Medjedovic made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Belgrade Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws. [9]

2022: Maiden Challenger title

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. [10]

2023: First ATP semifinal, NextGen champion

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. [11]

In March, 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. [12] 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. [13]

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, [14] and Jesper de Jong, [15] He lost in the first round to Marcos Giron. [16]

Hamad Medjedovic during Wimbledon qualifying (2023) Medjedovic WMQ23 (53062192433).jpg
Hamad Medjedović during Wimbledon qualifying (2023)

In July, Medjedovic made his Wimbledon debut, where he qualified again. [17] 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. [18] He lost to the eventual champion Pedro Cachin. [19] In August, Medjedovic entered the US Open qualifying where he lost in the first round in three tight sets to Borna Gojo. [20] In September, he won his fourth title on the ATP Challenger Tour in Mallorca, 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. [21] [22] 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. [23] In the semifinals, he lost to the fifth seed Sebastian Korda in three sets with three tiebreaks. [24] In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals [25] [26] and won the title, unbeaten in all five matches, defeating top seed Arthur Fils in the final, [27] thus becoming the lowest-ranked champion in tournament history at world No. 110. [28]

2024: Italian third round, first ATP final

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. [29] 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 but lost to second seed Daniil Medvedev. [30] [31] [32] He qualified for the main draw of the 2024 French Open, once again losing in the first round. [33]

At the 2024 Belgrade Open where he received a wildcard, he reached his maiden final with wins over third seed Francisco Cerúndolo [34] and compatriot Laslo Djere. [35] Medjedovic lost the final to Denis Shapovalov. [36]

2025: Open 13 final, first top 10 win

Following lifting the trophy at the Oeiras Indoors Challenger level event, Medjedovic reached the top 100 in the singles rankings at world No. 98 on 13 January 2025. [37] [38]

In February, Medjedovic reached his second ATP final at 2025 Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France. In the final, he was beaten by the Frenchman Ugo Humbert, after beating world No. 8 Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals to record his first career Top 10 win. [39] [40] By getting to the final stage, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 73 on 17 February 2025. [5]

At the 2025 Qatar Open, he withdrew from his second round match after being injured during his match against No. 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, despite endeavoring to win while injured over Tsitsipas. [41]

On 25 August 2025, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 57. [5]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2025 Cincinnati Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q2 A0 / 00–0  
French Open AA 1R 1R 3R 0 / 32–340%
Wimbledon AA 1R Q2 1R 0 / 20–20%
US Open AA Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–20–22–20 / 62–625%
National representation
Davis Cup AA SF WG1 0 / 32–167%
Summer Olympics ANHANH0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–01–00–01–10 / 32–167%
ATP 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open AAA Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Miami Open AAAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Monte-Carlo Masters AAAA Q2 0 / 00–0  
Madrid Open AAA 2R 1R 0 / 21–233%
Italian Open AAA 3R 1R 0 / 22–250%
Canadian Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati Open AAAA0 / 00–0  
Shanghai Masters NHAA0 / 00–0  
Paris Masters AAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–03–20–30 / 53–538%
Career statistics
20212022202320242025SRW–LWin%
Tournaments12887Career total: 26
Titles00000Career total: 0
Finals00011Career total: 2
Overall win–loss0–10–212–79–89–70 / 2630–2555%
Win %0%0%63%53%56%55%
Year-end ranking [b] 671255113113 $1,658,909

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Nov 2024 Belgrade Open, SerbiaATP 250Hard (i) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2 Feb 2025 Open 13, FranceATP 250Hard (i) Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert 6–7(4–7), 4–6

ATP Next Generation finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win Dec 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals, Saudi ArabiaHard (i) Flag of France.svg Arthur Fils 3–4(6–8), 4–1, 4–2, 3–4(9–11), 4–1

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jul 2022 Platzmann-Sauerland Open, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen 6–1, 6–2
Win2–0 Mar 2023 Kiskút Open, HungaryChallengerClay Flag of Croatia.svg Nino Serdarušić 6–4, 6–3
Win3–0 May 2023 Danube Upper Austria Open, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Filip Misolic 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Win4–0 Sep 2023 Rafa Nadal Open, SpainChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Harold Mayot 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss4–1 Sep 2024 Istanbul Challenger, TurkeyChallengerHard Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Damir Džumhur 4–6, 2–6
Win5–1 Jan 2025 Oeiras Indoors, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Draxl 6–1, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Germany.svg Timo Stodder6–0, 6–1
Win2–0Apr 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of France.svg Valentin Royer 6–3, 6–2
Win3–0May 2022M25 Ulcinj, MontenegroWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Martí Pujolràs6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2021M15 Prijedor, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Tepavac Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stefan Micov
Flag of Croatia.svg Alen Rogić Hadžalić
6–1, 6–4

Wins against Top 10 players

Season 2025 Total
Wins11
#PlayerRkEventSurfaceRdScoreRkRef
2025
1.Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 8 Open 13, FranceHard (i)SF6–3, 6–296 [43]

See also

Notes

  1. (Serbian: Хамад Међедовић / Hamad Međedović; Serbian pronunciation: [xamadměːdʑědovitɕ]
  2. 2019: ATP ranking–1581
    2020: ATP ranking–1354

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