Marin Cilic and Lorenzo Musetti will play each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on Butch Buchholz. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.75
Marin Cilic -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 45, Cilic got to the 3rd round after beating Federico Coria 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Christian Garin 3-6 7-5 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Garin, Cilic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-65).-108) than Garin. In fact, the world no. 45 won 108 points vs Garin’s. That means that Cilic was more focused during the important points. Marin was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cilic blasted 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (46/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Garin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (334-173). 2-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has a 133-75 record in the last years on hard.
Marin’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Singapore.
The Croatian has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2013. See his history.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 94 (career high), the Italian got to the 3rd round after beating Michael Mmoh 6-4 6-4 and Benoit Paire 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-3 6-3). During the match Musetti scored 60 points vs Paire’s 43. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Musetti blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 73% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Paire 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
Lorenzo has a 18-7 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 38 |
| Pts | 197-190 | 135-104 |
| Total Points | 387 | 239 |
| Winners | 87 | 59 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Cilic and Musetti played 2 matches. At the moment, Marin Cilic dropped 2 sets while Lorenzo Musetti hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cilic has played 2 sets more than Musetti (6 vs 4). Therefore, Cilic played 23 games more than Musetti. Cilic scored 87 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Musetti recorded 59 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 116/194 | 84/115 |
| %1st in | 60% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 87/116 | 59/84 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 37/78 | 20/31 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 65% |
Cilic bagged 23 aces (11.5 per match). Musetti scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Cilic won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 70% 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 | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 35% | 37% |
| Conceded | 24 | 11 |
| Saved | 17 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Cilic broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Marin dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Lorenzo conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | ||||
| R1 Coria |
R2 Garin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 3-6 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 34 | 61 | |
| pts | 89-81 | 108-109 | 197-190 | |
| Total points | 170 | 217 | 387 | |
| Winners | 41 | 46 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 15 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 68/113 | 116/194 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/48 | 46/68 | 87/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 68% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 24/45 | 37/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 53% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/10 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 30% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 15 | 24 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 11/15 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 73% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Musetti | ||||
| R1 Mmoh |
R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 60-43 | 135-104 | |
| Total points | 136 | 103 | 239 | |
| Winners | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 38/52 | 84/115 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 29/38 | 59/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 76% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 7/14 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 50% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 4/6 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 67% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 80% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John IsnerIsner – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-65 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-63 6-77 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriEmil – Mikael YmerMikael (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John IsnerIsner – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Andrey RublevRublev (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
