Roger Federer and Marin Cilic will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 11th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. 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 Roger Federer who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roger Federer is the pick to win this match.
Roger Federer -> 1.5
Marin Cilic -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Roger Federer vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 11th time that Roger Federer and Marin Cilic square off. The head to head is 9-1 for Federer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Federer won 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the final in at the Australian Open back in 2018.
Highlights Roger Federer vs Marin Cilic – Australian Open 28-January-2018
Roger Federer
Ranked no. 8, Roger got to the 2nd round after defeating Denis Istomin 6-2 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Roger had a good straight sets win against Istomin (6-2 6-4 6-3). During the match, Federer scored 90 points vs Istomin’s 62. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Federer recorded 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Roger Federer was quite effective on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Federer broke Istomin 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Federer has a tremendous match record in the last 10 years having won 83% of his matches (437-87). 1-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Federer has a compiled 61-21 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Swiss has a compiled 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2009. See his history.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 47, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after beating Arthur Rinderknech 7-66 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (7-66 6-1 6-2). During the match Cilic scored 115 points vs Rinderknech’s 86. Marin was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic blasted 8 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marin Cilic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (45/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Marin broke Rinderknech 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Marin’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Singapore and Estoril.
Cilic has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Federer | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 |
| Pts | 90-62 | 115-86 |
| Total Points | 152 | 201 |
| Winners | 37 | 45 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Federer and Cilic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Federer and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Federer played 1 game less than Cilic. Roger scored 37 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cilic fired 45 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Federer | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 53/81 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/46 | 45/53 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 50% |
Federer managed to score 8 aces . Cilic blasted 8 aces . Federer won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Federer | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 38% | 35% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Roger broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Federer very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Marin broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Federer | |||
| R1 Istomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-62 | 90-62 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/46 | 37/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 115-86 | 115-86 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 53/81 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/53 | 45/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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