Hamad Medjedovic ( sr, Хамад Међедовић, Hamad Međedović; born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian professional

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player. On 16 October 2023, Medjedovic reached his career-high

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singles ranking of world No. 102. On 24 May 2021, he peaked at No. 1267 in the doubles rankings. Medjedovic has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 4 January 2021. He is the reigning

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champion.

Early life

Medjedovic was born in Novi Pazar, at the time part of

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. He first met countryman

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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.

Career

2021: ATP debut

Medjedovic made his ATP main draw debut at the

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after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws.

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

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in less than an hour in the final, winning his maiden Challenger title.

2023: First ATP semifinal, Major and Davis Cup debuts, NextGen champion

In February, Medjedovic recorded his first ATP Tour win, when he made his debut in the

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by beating

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in the tie against

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which

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won 4:0. In March 2023, Medjedovic won his second Challenger title at the

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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

and

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(with 3), and Miomir Kecmanović (with 2). As a result, he climbed into the top 200 at world No. 192 on 20 March 2023. 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

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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. In May, Medjedovic made his Grand Slam debut at the

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where he qualified to the main draw with victories over

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, and

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, He lost in the first round to Marcos Giron. In July, Medjedovic made his

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debut, where he qualified again. 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

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. He beat

in the first round, Dominic Thiem in the second and fourth seed Yannick Hanfmann in the quarterfinals in straight sets. He lost to the eventual champion

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. In August, Medjedovic entered the US Open qualifying where he lost in the first round in three tight sets to Borna Gojo. In September, he won his fourth title on the

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, defeating

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in the final. As a result, he moved into the top 125 on 11 September 2023. He was granted a wildcard for the

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, where he reached the quarterfinals with wins over seventh seed Laslo Djere in the first round and wildcard Alexander Shevchenko in the second. Next he defeated fourth seed

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in straight sets, to reach his second career semifinal, for the biggest win of his career thus far. In the semifinals, he lost to the fifth seed

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in three sets with three tiebreaks. In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals and won the title, unbeaten in all five matches, defeating top seed

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in the final, thus becoming the lowest-ranked champion in tournament history at world No. 110.

2024: Masters debut and third round

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. At the next Masters, the

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, 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

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, once again losing in the first round.

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2024 Austrian Open.''

ATP Next Generation finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (7 titles)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Notes

References

External links

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