

What Time Will Arthur Fils Play Against Daniil Medvedev?
Fils and Medvedev are on the Day 9 Schedule at Bnp Paribas Open 2025 on Thursday 13 March 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
In the upcoming match between Arthur Fils from France and Daniil Medvedev, Medvedev currently leads the head-to-head 1-0. Their previous encounter took place in Vienna, Austria, during the hard court round of 32. Medvedev emerged victorious with a 6-4, 6-2 scoreline.
Let’s take a closer look at Arthur Fils. He is 20 years old and currently ranked 21st in the world, with a career-high ranking of 19th achieved in January 2025. In 2025, Fils has a record of 8-4, reaching two quarterfinals. Notably, during the Indian Wells tournament in 2025, he achieved a 5-1 record and reached the quarterfinals.
Fils has experienced significant milestones throughout his career so far. In 2023 alone, he achieved a new career-high ranking 13 times. He broke into the top 200 in January, the top 100 in May, and the top 50 in July, eventually peaking at No. 19 in January 2025. Fils also had an impressive performance in 2024 ATP 500 events, posting a 17-4 record. During this time, he achieved his biggest career win by defeating No. 4 Zverev to win the Hamburg tournament. Additionally, he saved a championship point to secure victory over Humbert in an all-French final in Tokyo.
Fils made history by becoming the youngest Frenchman at 18 years and 11 months to win an ATP Tour title since Gael Monfils in 2005. This achievement took place at the 2023 Lyon tournament, where he defeated F. Cerundolo as the 112th-ranked wildcard. He also reached the semifinals at the 2023 Montpellier and Marseille tournaments, becoming the youngest Frenchman to do so since Gasquet in 2004.
Notable accomplishments early in Fils’ career include defeating former Top-20 player Tomic in his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the 2021 Roland Garros, reaching the boys’ singles final, and winning the boys’ doubles title with Mpetshi Perricard. During the 2021 season, he achieved a career-high No. 3 in the junior rankings.
In the current tournament, Fils saved one match point to defeat Musetti in the third round, advancing to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal. He aims to become the first French semifinalist at Indian Wells since Forget in 1991 and the first man born in 2004 or later to reach an ATP Masters 1000 semifinal. Fils currently holds a 5-7 record against Top 10 players and is seeking his first win against them since defeating No. 7 Fritz in the Tokyo first round in September. He is ranked No. 18 on the PIF ATP Live Rankings and will become the French No. 1 for the first time on Monday, potentially rising to No. 16 with a quarterfinal victory.
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Varvara Gracheva
Emma Navarro
Jelena Ostapenko
Francisco Cerundolo
Alexander Shevchenko
Alexander Zverev
Daniel Altmaier
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andrey Rublev
David Goffin
Mariano Navone
Tatjana Maria
Ella Seidel
Jana Fett
Iga Swiatek
Tallon Griekspoor
Yannick Hanfmann
Elise Mertens
Diana Shnaider
Jacob Fearnley
Alex De Minaur
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ben Shelton
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Jaqueline Cristian
Linda Fruhvirtova
Olga Danilovic
Fiona Ferro
Jessika Ponchet
Looking at Daniil Medvedev, he is 29 years old and currently ranked 6th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 1st. In 2025, he has a record of 11-5, reaching the semifinals in Marseille. Regarding his performance at Indian Wells, Medvedev has a strong track record with a 19-7 record in the 2023-24 editions.
Medvedev made history by spending 16 weeks as the World No. 1 in 2022, becoming the tallest No. 1 in history at 1.98m (6’6″). He was also the first player other than Djokovic, Federer, Murray, and Nadal to hold the top spot since Roddick in 2004. Medvedev has appeared in six Grand Slam finals and holds a 5-3 record against Djokovic when the Serbian is ranked No. 1. Notably, he denied Djokovic a calendar Grand Slam by defeating him 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the 2021 US Open final.
In 2020, Medvedev achieved an impressive feat by beating No. 1 Djokovic, No. 2 Nadal, and No. 3 Thiem en route to winning the Nitto ATP Finals. He became the first player to sweep the top three players in the tournament’s history and the first to do so anywhere on the ATP Tour since 2007 Madrid (Nalbandian).
Medvedev has had significant success on hard courts, winning 18 of his 20 singles titles on this surface. Among those titles are ATP Masters 1000 championships at Cincinnati, Shanghai, Paris, Toronto, Miami, and Rome. His victory in Rome marked his first title on clay.
In the current tournament, Medvedev aims to reach his third consecutive Indian Wells semifinal following back-to-back finals in 2023 and 2024, both of which he lost to Alcaraz. He is seeking his 15th ATP Masters 1000 semifinal, with a record of 10-4 in this stage. His last ATP Masters 1000 semifinal appearance occurred in Miami in March last year. Additionally, Medvedev has an impressive 10-1 record against Frenchmen since Wimbledon 2023.
In terms of historical achievements, Alcaraz will be playing in his fourth consecutive Indian Wells semifinal, joining the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic as players who have accomplished this feat in tournament history.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Fils will win.
Matchstat.com has an Artificial Intelligence (Ai) prediction model that is trained on all professional ATP and WTA past matches.
To find out who our model thinks will win for Arthur Fils vs Daniil Medvedev, have a look at the prediction here:
Matchstat.com Arthur Fils vs Daniil Medvedev prediction.