Daniil Medvedev stunned by Damm at Winston-Salem Open
Martin Damm defeated Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3 in the Winston-Salem Open second round on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The American wild card, ranked No. 92, ousted the No. 1 seed and world No. 8 on Stadium Court in their first career meeting, flipping a heavy pre-match favorite script.
Key Takeaways
- Wild card Martin Damm beat No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3 in Winston-Salem’s Round of 32.
- Pre-match markets heavily favored Medvedev at about −333, with TennisTemple fans projecting him at 98.5%.
- The pair had never met on the ATP Tour before this hard-court clash.
- Damm arrived off a straight-sets first-round win; Medvedev entered with seven days’ rest but uneven recent hard-court form.
What happened in Medvedev vs. Damm?
According to TennisTemple’s Winston-Salem match center, Damm closed out the Stadium Court second-round tie 7-5, 6-3. Medvedev, the tournament’s top seed and ATP No. 8, exited before the third round in an ATP 250 built as a US Open warm-up.
Damm, listed as a wild card at No. 92, had already won his opening match on Monday in 100 minutes, firing 16 aces in that outing. Medvedev opened his week here after a bye, with seven days of rest compared with one for his opponent.
Why does this Daniil Medvedev loss matter?
The result lands as a genuine ranking shock. Sports Betting Dime framed Medvedev as a massive favorite on August 25, citing 3,580 ATP points to Damm’s 675 and moneyline odds around −333 versus +250. A 288.6-point hard-court Elo gap (1,934.1 to 1,645.5) reinforced that edge on paper.
For more odd upsets and viral sports turns, browse Bizarre World on BlasterPost. Medvedev’s Winston-Salem résumé once included a 2018 final after a 2017 second-round exit—context that makes a straight-sets fall to a rising American sting more.
How unexpected was Damm’s win?
TennisTemple’s crowd prediction trend showed 98.5% support for Medvedev (198 of 201 votes) against just 1.5% for Damm. Betting analysts leaned the same way: the preferred play was Medvedev −3.5 games, built on return and break-point edges rather than the skimpy moneyline price.
Caveats were already in the preview. Medvedev was 1-2 in his last three hard-court matches, while Damm had just beaten Abdallah Shelbayh in straight sets. Damm’s service profile—higher hold rate and ace volume in the sampled data—was flagged as the main path to trouble for a favorite covering games.
What else shaped the Winston-Salem matchup?
Both players had recently beaten Marco Trungelliti—Damm on grass at Wimbledon, Medvedev on hard courts in Cincinnati—but they arrived with blank head-to-head history. Age and size underlined the contrast: Medvedev at 30 and 198 cm versus the 22-year-old, 203 cm left-hander.
Damm’s climb also framed the narrative. Ranked 431 twelve months earlier, he entered this meeting at No. 92 after a 339-place surge. Medvedev’s hard-court main-draw mark (327-121) still dwarfed Damm’s (73-110), which is why the straight-sets upset reads as one of the week’s loudest results on the ATP calendar.