Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marin Cilic will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Mercedes Cup for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on MERCEDES COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.37
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Marin Cilic

There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 31, Nikoloz reached the 2^nd round after defeating Dustin Brown 6-3 7-6⁴.

In the 1^st round, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Brown (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match, Basilashvili scored 86 points vs Brown’s 74. Basilashvili was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basilashvili blasted 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nikoloz broke Brown twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Basilashvili has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (316-247). 1-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has an overall 13-18 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the year was winning the title in in Doha where he beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).

Basilashvili has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

Stuttgart

Basilashvili's Record

Marin Cilic

Ranked no. 47, Marin got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rudolf Molleker 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Molleker (7-5 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 72 points vs Molleker’s 50. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Cilic submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marin Cilic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 100% (36/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Marin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Molleker twice.

Cilic’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Singapore and Estoril.

The Croatian has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Stuttgart

Cilic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Basilashvili and Cilic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Basilashvili played 1 game more than Cilic. Basilashvili scored 39 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Cilic fired 36 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Basilashvili made 7 aces . Cilic made 20 aces . Basilashvili won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 100% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Nikoloz broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Georgean surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Marin broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Croatian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 5Main
• 5Chall
• 10Minor

• 1Slam
• 21Main
• 2Chall
• 2Minor

Nikoloz
Basilashvili

0:1

Marin
Cilic

Rank

328

High

16

0Grass1

Rank

211

High

3

Win Loss

Basilashvili

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Cilic

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2024 2023 2022

43 - 28

8 - 7

5-6

Hard

8-6

11-7

I Hard

0-0

27-15

Clay

0-1

Tennis Scores in Stuttgart

• Feliciano LopezLopez – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Guido PellaPella (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dustin BrownBrown (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jordan ThompsonThompson (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (1-0) – H2H and prediction

Basilashvili

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Cilic