Frances Tiafoe and Marin Cilic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.615
Marin Cilic -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cilic won 6-1 6-3 7-6(5) in the Rubber 2 in 2 back in 2018.
Frances Tiafoe
32 - 14win/loss
8
8
WLWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-18 | 27-11 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-23 | 13-13 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Tiafoe will start his run in Toronto after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Atmane in the 1st round on the 27th of July.
The American has an aggregate 31-14 win-loss record in 2026, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Halle where he overcame Taylor Fritz in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Francis has an overall 431-297 record. He has a positive 206-142 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2025. See his history.
Marin Cilic
14 - 14win/loss
80
3
LLLWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14-16 | 6-8 | 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. 85, Cilic reached the 2nd round after beating Sho Shimabukuro 7-6(2) 6-1.
In the 1st round, Marin had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (7-62 6-1). During the match Cilic scored 68 points vs Shimabukuro’s 49. Marin was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Cilic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marin Cilic was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 71% (20/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Shimabukuro 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Croatian has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2026, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2008 and 2018. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Michael ZhengZheng (6-4 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-77 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-71 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 2-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-72 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-7(7) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-7(1) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Michael ZhengZheng (6-4 4-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 2-6 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marin CilicCilic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Vit KoprivaKopriva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
