Daniel Merida Aguilar and Marin Cilic will square off in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 PM on TONY TRABERT STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.81
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Merida Aguilar and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Merida Aguilar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Merida Aguilar won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Murcia Challenger back in 2025.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
40 - 18win/loss
42
39
WLWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-20 | 20-8 | 23-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-25 | 15-5 | 35-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-33 | 17-9 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, Daniel will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Tien in the quarter on the 11th of August.
Daniel has an overall 39-18 win-loss record in 2026, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Francesco Maestrelli in the final 6-2 6-4 and in Umag where he overcame Damir Dzumhur in the final 6-2 5-7 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Daniel has an overall 225-150 record. He has a positive 73-46 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Marin Cilic
14 - 15win/loss
78
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. 85, Cilic will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 5-7 6-2 6-2 to Tiafoe in the 2nd round on the 4th of August.
The Croatian has an overall 14-14 win-loss record in 2026, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Cilic has an overall 740-416 record. He has a positive 265-161 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (7-6(0) 7-6(4)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Jack DraperDraper (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (7-64 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-6 7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-69 6-77 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-2) – H2H and prediction
