Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic will face off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.2
Marin Cilic -> 4.333
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 3rd time that Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Thiem won 2-6 7-64 6-4 in the quarter in Brisbane back in 2016.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 3 (career high), the Austrian got to the quarter after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-66 6-3 ret. and Sumit Nagal 6-3 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-3 6-3 6-2). During the match Thiem scored 97 points vs Nagal’s 67. Thiem was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Thiem made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dominic Thiem was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Austrian broke Nagal 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Thiem has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (410-206). 9-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thiem has a 112-76 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final at the Australian Open .
Dominic has a 11-5 win-loss record in 2020, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Dominic lost in the Pre-q to .
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 38, Cilic got to the quarter after defeating Denis Kudla 6-73 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-3 and Norbert Gombos 6-3 1-6 7-62 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian defeated Gombos (6-3 1-6 7-62 7-5).-125) than Gombos. In fact, the world no. 3 won 125 points vs Gombos’s. That means that Cilic was more focused during the important points. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic bagged 15 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (57/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Marin broke Gombos 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Marin has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Marin lost in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thiem | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 96 |
| Pts | 97-67 | 287-282 |
| Total Points | 164 | 569 |
| Winners | 35 | 132 |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% |
Thiem played 1 match while Cilic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Marin Cilic surrendered 3 sets while Dominic Thiem hasn’t dropped a set so far. Thiem has played 6 set(s) less than Cilic (3 vs 9). Therefore, Thiem played 70 games less than Cilic. The Austrian scored 35 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian made 132 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thiem | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 41 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 20.5 |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 167/274 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 132/167 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 51/107 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 48% |
Thiem bagged 7 aces . Cilic managed to score 41 aces (20.5 per match). Thiem won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thiem | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 9/24 |
| % Converted | 47% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Thiem broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Austrian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thiem | ||||
| R1 Antoni Munar Clar |
R2 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 ret. | 6-3 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 97-67 | 175-133 | |
| Total points | 144 | 164 | 308 | |
| Winners | 31 | 35 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 47/74 | 90/142 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 35/47 | 66/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 18/27 | 33/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 7/15 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 47% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Cilic | ||||
| R1 Kudla |
R2 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 55 | 41 | 96 | |
| pts | 162-156 | 125-126 | 287-282 | |
| Total points | 318 | 251 | 569 | |
| Winners | 75 | 57 | 132 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 26 | 15 | 41 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 90/150 | 77/124 | 167/274 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 75/90 | 57/77 | 132/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/60 | 22/47 | 51/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 47% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/12 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 4/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 50% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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