NAPLES/STARNBERG, March 29, 2026

Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic is the champion of the 2026 Guerri Napoli Tennis Cup, the ATP Challenger 125 event organized by Master Group Sport in collaboration with the Tennis Club Napoli. The 22-year-old defeated Daniel Altmaier of Germany in the final with a commanding 6–2, 6–4 victory in one hour and 37 minutes.

It was a one-sided final, with Medjedovic clearly establishing himself as the strongest player of the tournament despite facing the top seed and world No. 55. The Novi Pazar native controlled the match from the outset, racing through the first set and calmly managing Altmaier’s attempted comeback in the second. His performance drew repeated applause from a sold-out crowd on Centre Court.

Pure joy for @MedjedovicHamad 😄🙌

Challenger title No.6 arrives courtesy of 6-2, 6-4 past [1] Altmaier #ATPChallenger | Naples 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/cGCyxuQ5mK

— ATP Challenger (@ATPChallenger) March 29, 2026

Seeded No. 5, Medjedovic steadily improved throughout the week. After early struggles against Czech qualifier Hynek Barton and Stefanos Sakellaridis of Greece, he went on to dominate Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the quarterfinals and Ukrainian Vitaliy Sachko in the semifinals.

“It has been an amazing week. I am really happy to win this tournament,” Medjedovic said. “It’s the first clay-court tournament of the season and I came here without high expectations. But with the support from an amazing crowd, I managed to play a great level of tennis. I was a bit sick at the beginning of the week but was able to increase my level in every round and eventually win the trophy.”

For Altmaier, reaching the final marked a return to form after a difficult start to the 2026 ATP Tour season.

With the 125 ATP Ranking points earned from his sixth ATP Challenger Tour title, the biggest of his career, Medjedovic will return to the Top 100, rising to world No. 81. Altmaier will also improve his position, climbing to No. 52 in the world.

The 2026 edition of the Guerri Napoli Tennis Cup concluded with record-breaking numbers, surpassing the success of 2025 in terms of attendance and overall participation at the club and surrounding fan village during the eight days of competition.

“The organizational and public success of the Guerri Napoli Tennis Cup has been exciting,” said Antonio Santa Maria, General Manager of Master Group Sport. “The setting of the Tennis Club Napoli is unique in the world, but that alone is not enough; it requires efficient organization in every aspect. We paid attention to every detail in terms of services for players and fans to maintain a high level for the event. I thank the athletes, the public, the institutions, the partners, and especially the Guerri Group for becoming title sponsor. I also thank the Tennis Club Napoli and its president Riccardo Villari for their trust. Our first goal was to bring Naples back to the center of international tennis, and I believe that after three editions we have fully achieved it.”

Villari also expressed great satisfaction with the tournament’s growth. “It has been an exciting week of sport. Our traditional tournament has grown even further thanks to the support of the title sponsor Guerri, the increasingly valuable collaboration with Master Group Sport, and our Tennis Napoli, which guarantees tradition, reliability, and hospitality built over 121 years of history. Thanks to the Naples crowd for their support and for creating such a wonderful atmosphere, and to our entire team, starting with our board members Andrea Centonze and Marco Postiglione. We want to keep growing and ask institutions to support us concretely so we can bring major events to Naples. After Rome and the ATP Finals in Turin, we are the most followed tournament with the highest attendance in Italy.”