Marin Cilic and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the semifinal of the Singapore Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.61
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Alexei Popyrin
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 44, the Croatian got to the semifinal after defeating Taro Daniel 7-5 6-4 and Soon-Woo Kwon 6-2 2-6 7-5.
In the quarter, The Croatian defeated Kwon (6-2 2-6 7-5). During the match Cilic scored 86 points vs Kwon’s 80. Marin was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cilic blasted 18 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marin Cilic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Cilic broke Kwon 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Cilic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (332-171). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cilic has a 69-37 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Cilic has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Singapore
Marin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 114, the Australian reached the semifinal after defeating Christopher Eubanks 7-65 7-65, Adrian Andreev 6-1 5-7 6-3 and Matthew Ebden 6-4 7-67.
In the quarter, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Ebden (6-4 7-67). During the match Popyrin scored 70 points vs Ebden’s 62. Alexei was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin scored 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexei Popyrin was very efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 72% (23/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Popyrin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ebden once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Alexei has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 77 |
| Pts | 155-141 | 249-227 |
| Total Points | 296 | 476 |
| Winners | 66 | 109 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Cilic played 2 matches while Popyrin competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marin Cilic dropped 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin conceded 1 set. Cilic has played 2 set(s) less than Popyrin (5 vs 7). Therefore, Cilic played 27 games less than Popyrin. The Croatian scored 66 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 109 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 82/140 | 143/240 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 66/82 | 109/143 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 30/58 | 63/97 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 65% |
Cilic scored 30 aces (15 per match). Popyrin fired 34 aces (11.3 per match). Cilic won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 41% | 46% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 60% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Cilic broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Alexei broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | ||||
| R2 Daniel |
1/4 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 | 50 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 86-80 | 155-141 | |
| Total points | 130 | 166 | 296 | |
| Winners | 27 | 39 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 18 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 49/78 | 82/140 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 39/49 | 66/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 13/29 | 30/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 45% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/12 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Popyrin | |||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Andreev |
1/4 Ebden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-65 | 6-1 5-7 6-3 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 23 | 77 | |
| pts | 85-86 | 94-79 | 70-62 | 249-227 | |
| Total points | 171 | 173 | 132 | 476 | |
| Winners | 44 | 36 | 29 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 38% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 14 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/96 | 46/76 | 36/68 | 143/240 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 53% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 36/46 | 29/36 | 109/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 19/30 | 23/32 | 63/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 63% | 72% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/10 | 1/1 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 100% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | – | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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