Marin Cilic and Nuno Borges will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Libema Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.66
Nuno Borges -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Nuno Borges
This will be the 3rd time that Marin Cilic and Nuno Borges square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Cilic and Borges (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Hong kong back in January 2026.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs Marin Cilic – Hong kong 07-January-2026
Marin Cilic
12 - 10win/loss
79
3
LLWLLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14-15 | 6-7 | 3-4 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-20 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 6-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47, Cilic got to the 2nd round after defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Shapovalov, Marin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 7-5). During the match, Cilic scored 110 points vs Shapovalov’s 97. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cilic fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 61% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Cilic broke Shapovalov 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Cilic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (241-159). 1-0 on grass in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has an overall 42-11 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The Croatian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Dallas.
Cilic has an overall 12-10 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Nuno Borges
14 - 17win/loss
48
30
LLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-26 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-33 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, Borges got to the 2nd round after defeating Terence Atmane 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Atmane (6-4 6-4). During the match Borges scored 62 points vs Atmane’s 46. Borges was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Borges managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nuno Borges was very effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nuno broke Atmane twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Nuno has a compiled 14-17 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 |
| Pts | 110-97 | 62-46 |
| Total Points | 207 | 108 |
| Winners | 47 | 28 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Cilic and Borges played 1 match. At the moment, Marin Cilic conceded 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set more than Borges (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cilic played 15 games more than Borges. The Croatian scored 47 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese managed to score 28 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 62/102 | 32/47 |
| %1st in | 61% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 28/32 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 12/15 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 80% |
Cilic fired 5 aces . Borges struck 2 aces . Cilic won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 2 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 70% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 29% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Marin lost his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. Nuno broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Portuguese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Shapovalov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 110-97 | 110-97 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/102 | 62/102 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Borges | |||
| R1 Atmane |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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