Marin Cilic and Zhizhen Zhang will square off in the 1st round of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.43
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.58
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Zhizhen Zhang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Cilic won 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the final in Hangzhou back in 2024.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs Zhizhen Zhang – Hangzhou 24-September-2024
Marin Cilic
15 - 18win/loss
84
3
LLWLLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15-18 | 7-9 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 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. 84, Cilic will start his run in the Seoul Challenger after he played his last match in Almaty where he lost 6-2 7-5 to Basilashvili in the 1st round on the 19th of October.
Marin has a composed 15-18 win-loss record in 2026, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Marin has an overall 741-420 record. He has a positive 266-164 record on hard.
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.
Zhizhen Zhang
22 - 25win/loss
170
31
LWLLLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-25 | 9-14 | 3-7 | 1-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 170, Zhang will start his run in the Seoul Challenger after he played his last match in the Guangzhou Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Zhou in the 2nd round on the 21st of October.
The Chinese has a compiled 22-25 win-loss record in 2026, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Brisbane 2 Challenger where he overcame Alex Bolt in the final 6-2 6-4.
In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 325-281 record. He has a positive 163-154 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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