

What Time Will Stefanos Tsitsipas Play Against Hamad Medjedovic?
Tsitsipas and Medjedovic are on the Day 2 Schedule at Qatar Exxonmobil Open 2025 on Tuesday 18 February 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?
Today’s match features Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece and Hamad Medjedovic from Serbia. Tsitsipas currently leads the head-to-head with a score of 1-0. Their previous encounter was in Gstaad on clay, where Tsitsipas emerged victorious with a score of 7-6(6) 6-3 in the Round of 16.
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Based on the insights from the past 52 weeks, Tsitsipas has a 27% conversion rate in attack, a 70% steal score, a 34% serve quality score, an 8.1 forehand quality score, a 6.2 backhand quality score, and an 8.2 overall quality score. On the other hand, Medjedovic has a 29% conversion rate in attack, a 68% steal score, a 33% serve quality score, an 8.6 forehand quality score, a 6.3 backhand quality score, and a 7.7 overall quality score. The average values for these statistics among the tour players are 24% in attack conversion, 69% in steal score, 31% in serve quality, 7.9 in forehand quality, 6.5 in backhand quality, and 7.5 overall quality.
Medjedovic is coming off a good week in Marseille, which makes this match an interesting matchup. Both players have high scores in the attack category, but Medjedovic has an advantage due to his strong serve that sets up attacking opportunities. Tsitsipas relies on his high forehand quality for his attacks, while both players have a lower backhand quality compared to the tour average.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, 26 years old and currently ranked 11th in the world, achieved his career-high ranking of 3rd in August 2021. He has 11 wins against top-3 opponents, including 2 against world No. 1, 4 against world No. 2, and 5 against world No. 3. Tsitsipas has reached the semi-finals in Grand Slam tournaments six times, with notable runs in the 2021 Roland Garros and 2023 Australian Open finals, where he lost to Djokovic. He won the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2018 and the Nitto ATP Finals in 2019, becoming the youngest champion of the latter since Hewitt in 2001. Tsitsipas has 11 ATP Tour titles, including three ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo titles in 2021, 2022, and 2024. However, he is still looking for his first ATP 500 title, with a record of 0-11 in finals. Tsitsipas is also known for defeating Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal before turning 21, making him the youngest among 30 players to achieve this feat.
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This is Tsitsipas’ second appearance in Doha, with his previous appearance in 2018 resulting in a quarter-final finish. He defeated Medjedovic on his way to his most recent ATP Tour semi-final in Gstaad last July.
Hamad Medjedovic, 21 years old, holds the current world No. 73 ranking, which is his career-high. He won the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2023 and broke into the top 100 in January 2025. Medjedovic achieved his career-high ranking of No. 73 in February 2025 after reaching the final in Marseille. He earned notable wins over former champions Khachanov and Medvedev during the Marseille tournament, which led him to his second ATP Tour final. Medjedovic also had success in the 2023 Gstaad tournament, where he reached the semi-finals after coming through qualifying and defeated Thiem. He reached his first ATP Tour final in Belgrade the same year, beating Djere. In the Challenger circuit, Medjedovic has a record of 51-31, with 5 wins in finals. He became the third Serbian teenager, alongside Djokovic and Tipsarevic, to win three Challenger titles. In the junior rankings, Medjedovic achieved a career-high ranking of No. 9 after winning titles at the 2019 Berlin Grade 1 and 2019 New Delhi Grade 2 tournaments.
Medjedovic has reached the finals of his last two ATP Tour events in Belgrade and Marseille. He has a 2-4 record against top-20 players, with two wins this month over No. 12 Rune in Davis Cup and No. 8 Medvedev in the Marseille semi-finals last Saturday.
The match will take place on Grandstand 1.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Tsitsipas will win.
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