Benoit Paire and Marin Cilic will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3 pm (est) on Court 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.36
Benoit Paire -> 3.20
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Marin Cilic
Head 2 Head
This will be the 6th time that Benoit Paire and Marin Cilic square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Cilic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cilic won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2018.
Benoit Paire
Ranked no. 21, Paire reached the 3rd round after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-72 6-0.
In the 1st round, The French Player had a tough win against Stebe to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 3-6 6-3 6-72 6-0). During the match Paire scored 165 points vs Stebe’s 153. Benoit was extremely aggressive to blast 61 winners.
Talking about serving, Paire blasted 13 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Overall, Benoit Paire was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (61/85) of his 1st serve and 54% (43/80) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Paire broke Stebe 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Paire has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (571-527). 7-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Paire has a 330-271 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Benoit’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Auckland.
Benoit has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The French Player lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-3 5-7 1-6 6-3 to Dominic Thiem.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 39, Marin got to the 3rd round after beating Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Moutet (6-3 6-2 6-4). During the match Cilic scored 87 points vs Moutet’s 55. Marin was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marin Cilic was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Moutet 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 (727-395). 3-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has a 340-175 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Marin has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Cilic lost in the 4th round 6-76 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 to Roberto Bautista Agut.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 27 |
| Pts | 165-153 | 87-55 |
| Total Points | 318 | 142 |
| Winners | 61 | 35 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Paire and Cilic played 1 matche. At the moment, Benoit Paire conceded 2 sets while Marin Cilic hasn’t lost a set so far. Paire has played 2 sets more than Cilic (5 vs 3). Therefore, Paire played 20 games more than Cilic. Benoit scored 61 winners (37% on total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 35 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 9 |
| 1st in | 85/165 | 42/68 |
| %1st in | 52% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 61/85 | 35/42 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 43/80 | 20/26 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 77% |
Paire blasted 13 aces (13 per match). Cilic blasted 9 aces (9 per match). Paire won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 56% |
| Conceded | 21 | 4 |
| Saved | 18 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The French Player broke his opponent 7 times with 44% conversion rate. Paire conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | |||
| R1 Stebe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-72 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 47 | 47 | |
| pts | 165-153 | 165-153 | |
| Total points | 318 | 318 | |
| Winners | 61 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 85/165 | 85/165 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 61/85 | 61/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 43/80 | 43/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 21 | 21 | |
| Saved | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 14% | 14% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 87-55 | 87-55 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/42 | 35/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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