

What Time Will Aleksandar Kovacevic Play Against Hamad Medjedovic?
Kovacevic and Medjedovic are on the Day 3 Schedule at Belgrade Open 2024 on Tuesday 5 November 2024. 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 their upcoming match, Aleksandar Kovacevic from the USA will face Hamad Medjedovic from Serbia. Medjedovic currently leads their head-to-head record 1-0. This match will take place in Madrid, Spain, and will be played on clay in the Round of 128.
Kovacevic, who is 26 years old, is currently ranked 101 in the world and achieved a career-high ranking of 72 in September 2024. He had previously reached a peak ranking of 101 in April 2023. In his tennis career, Kovacevic has a win-loss record of 16-31, with one semifinal appearance. In 2024, he has a record of 10 wins and 21 losses, including two quarterfinal appearances.
Some notable achievements in Kovacevic’s career include breaking into the Top 100 in January 2024 and reaching his career-high ranking later that year. He defeated his countryman, McDonald, to reach the semifinals of the 2022 Seoul ATP Tour main draw. As a 222nd-ranked lucky loser, he also defeated the 13th-ranked player, Norrie, to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 Los Cabos. In 2023, Kovacevic won Challenger titles in Cleveland, Waco, Shenzhen, and Temuco. A notable victory during this time was defeating Wu Yibing in the final in Cleveland. In terms of Grand Slam appearances, Kovacevic made his debut at the 2023 Roland Garros, where he faced his idol, Djokovic, in the first round. He earned his first Grand Slam win by defeating Tabilo at the 2024 Australian Open. Before turning professional, Kovacevic played college tennis for five years at the University of Illinois, where he graduated in 2021 with a finance degree. He was a two-time All-American during his college career. Kovacevic was born and raised in New York City and started playing tennis at the age of four in Central Park with his parents, Milan and Milanka, who were former professional table tennis players from Yugoslavia.
The match between Kovacevic and Medjedovic will take place at the Belgrade Arena in Serbia on November 3-9, 2024. Kovacevic aims to achieve consecutive ATP Tour wins for the first time since July, when he won matches against Nishioka and Carballes Baena in Washington. He also hopes to reach his fifth ATP Tour quarterfinal, with his previous three quarterfinal appearances coming this season in Los Cabos and Newport.
On the other hand, Medjedovic, who is 21 years old, is currently ranked 156 in the world and achieved a career-high ranking of 102 in October 2023. He broke into the Top 200 in March 2023 and reached his second ATP Tour semifinal in Astana. Medjedovic has a win-loss record of 18-17 in his career, including two semifinal appearances. In 2024, he has a record of 6 wins and 7 losses, reaching the third round in Rome.
Medjedovic’s notable achievements include winning the Next Gen ATP Finals championship and breaking into the Top 200 in March 2023. He achieved his career-high ranking after reaching the semifinals in Astana. At the 2023 Gstaad, he came through qualifying and upset the 2015 champion, Thiem, to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal. Medjedovic made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Belgrade-2 and earned his first tour-level win at the 2023 Davis Cup over Durasovic. He also qualified for the main draws of Grand Slam tournaments such as Roland Garros in 2023 and 2024, Wimbledon in 2023, and the US Open in 2024. In the Challenger circuit, Medjedovic has a 44-30 record, including winning four finals. He became the third Serbian teenager to win three Challenger titles, following in the footsteps of Djokovic and Tipsarevic. Medjedovic achieved a career-high ranking of No. 9 in the junior rankings after winning titles at the 2019 Berlin Grade 1 and 2019 New Delhi Grade 2.
In the first round, Medjedovic defeated Nakashima in a battle of recent Next Gen ATP Finals champions. He now aims to reach his third ATP Tour quarterfinal, with his previous appearances being at the 2023 Gstaad and 2023 Astana, and his first on home soil in Belgrade.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Kovacevic will win.
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