Hamad Medjedovic (Serbian: Хамад Међедовић, Hamad Međedović; born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 16 October 2023, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102.[2]
Medjedovic was born in Novi Pazar, at the time part of Serbia and Montenegro.[3] 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 for all of his tennis expenses.[3][4]
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.[8]
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.[9]
In July, Medjedovic made his Wimbledon debut, where he qualified again.[13] 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.[14] He lost to the eventual champion Pedro Cachin.[15]
In August, Medjedovic entered the US Open qualifying where he lost in the first round in three tight sets to Borna Gojo.[16]
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.[17][18] 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.[19] In the semifinals, he lost to the fifth seed Sebastian Korda in three sets with three tiebreaks.[20] In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals[21][22] and won the title, unbeaten in all five matches, defeating top seed Arthur Fils in the final,[23] thus becoming the lowest-ranked champion in tournament history at world No. 110.[24]
2024: Masters debut & third round, maiden ATP final
Serbia
Denis Shapovalov
Arthur Fils
Zhang Zhizhen
Nino Serdarušić
Filip Misolic
Damir Džumhur
Timo Stodder
Àlex Martí Pujolràs
Stefan Micov
