Marin Cilic and Norbert Gombos will square off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1 pm on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.26
Norbert Gombos -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 38, Marin reached the 2nd round after beating Denis Kudla 6-73 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marin had a tough win against Kudla to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-73 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 162 points vs Kudla’s 156. Marin was extremely aggressive to blast 75 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cilic overpowered his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 83% (75/90) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (29/60) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Kudla 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (765-431). 6-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has a 369-184 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Cilic has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Marin didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.
Norbert Gombos
Ranked no. 104, Gombos reached the 2nd round after defeating Radu Albot 6-4 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-4 6-1 6-4). During the match Gombos scored 108 points vs Albot’s 84. Norbert was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (43/57) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Norbert broke Albot 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Gombos has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (384-302). 6-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has a 353-258 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Slovakian has a 10-6 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Slovakian didn’t play at the U.S. Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 27 |
| Pts | 162-156 | 108-84 |
| Total Points | 318 | 192 |
| Winners | 75 | 43 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Cilic and Gombos played 1 match. At the moment, Marin Cilic dropped 2 sets while Norbert Gombos hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cilic has played 2 sets more than Gombos (5 vs 3). Therefore, Cilic played 28 games more than Gombos. Cilic scored 75 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Norbert bagged 43 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 26 | 6 |
| 1st in | 90/150 | 57/88 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 75/90 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 29/60 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Cilic scored 26 aces . Gombos fired 6 aces . Cilic won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 42% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 25% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Marin broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Marin lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Gombos broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Norbert conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 55 | 55 | |
| pts | 162-156 | 162-156 | |
| Total points | 318 | 318 | |
| Winners | 75 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 26 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 90/150 | 90/150 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 75/90 | 75/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/60 | 29/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gombos | |||
| R1 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 108-84 | 108-84 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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