Marin Cilic and Tommy Paul will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Kremlin Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.79
Tommy Paul -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Tommy Paul
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 41, Cilic got to the 2nd round after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-74 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round against Dzumhur, Cilic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-1 6-1). During the match, Cilic scored 98 points vs Dzumhur’s 70. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cilic submerged his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marin Cilic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (43/50) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cilic broke Dzumhur 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (353-186). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cilic has a compiled 70-38 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Stuttgart where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
Cilic has a compiled 23-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2014 and 2015. See his history.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 54, Paul reached the 2nd round after beating Mikael Ymer 7-67 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Ymer (7-67 7-5). During the match Paul scored 93 points vs Ymer’s 85. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Paul fired 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 52% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Ymer 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Tommy’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Parma.
Tommy has a composed 24-20 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 25 |
| Pts | 98-70 | 93-85 |
| Total Points | 168 | 178 |
| Winners | 43 | 35 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Cilic and Paul played 1 match. At the moment, Marin Cilic surrendered 1 set while Tommy Paul hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set more than Paul (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cilic played 2 games more than Paul. Cilic scored 43 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tommy fired 35 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 22 | 2 |
| 1st in | 50/80 | 46/88 |
| %1st in | 63% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 43/50 | 35/46 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/42 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 43% |
Cilic made 22 aces . Paul bagged 2 aces . Cilic won 86% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 56% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Croatian extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Tommy broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 98-70 | 98-70 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 22 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/80 | 50/80 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 43/50 | 43/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul | |||
| R1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 93-85 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/88 | 46/88 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Gilles SimonSimon – Laslo DjereDjere (6-73 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Mikael YmerYmer (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-6 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Guido PellaPella (6-2 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Borna GojoGojo (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-74 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Laslo DjereDjere (6-7(3) 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
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- Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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