Aljaz Bedene defeated Bernard Tomic 7–6 6–4 in the first round of the ATP 250 Budapest tournament on clay on 22 April 2019, confirming his status as the pre-match favourite with odds of 1.46 to Tomic's 2.92. The Slovenian secured a tiebreak in the opening set before consolidating his advantage in the second to advance smoothly. The result underscored Bedene's clay-court reliability and kept him on track in Budapest.