Marin Cilic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will play each other in the 2nd round of the bett1HULKS Indoors for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on bett1 CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.62
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 40, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Marcos Giron 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Croatian defeated Giron (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 102 points vs Giron’s 88. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cilic struck 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 50% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (23/51) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Giron 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cilic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (373-187). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has a 81-38 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Marin has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Cilic didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 71, Davidovich Fokina reached the 2nd round after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alejandro had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (7-5 6-4). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 84 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 78. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Ruusuvuori 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Alejandro has a 11-10 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Davidovich Fokina didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 22 |
| Pts | 102-88 | 84-78 |
| Total Points | 190 | 162 |
| Winners | 39 | 33 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Cilic and Davidovich Fokina played 1 match. At the moment, Marin Cilic surrendered 1 set while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set more than Davidovich Fokina (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cilic played 5 games more than Davidovich Fokina. The Croatian scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 33 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/102 | 50/85 |
| %1st in | 50% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 33/50 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 23/51 | 14/35 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 40% |
Cilic scored 9 aces . Davidovich Fokina fired 2 aces . Cilic won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 56% | 63% |
| Conceded | 18 | 11 |
| Saved | 15 | 8 |
| % Saved | 83% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Marin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Alejandro broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 102-88 | 102-88 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/102 | 51/102 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/51 | 23/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 15/18 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-78 | 84-78 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/85 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 14/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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