Marin Cilic tops Felix Auger Aliassime 7-6(2) 6-3 in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This is the first time that the Croatian conquered this tournament. His best result in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
This was the 19th career title for Marin. (see list of the title). This was Auger-Aliassime’s 8th final after he lost in Rio De Janeiro 2019, in Lyon 2019, in Stuttgart 2019, in Rotterdam 2020, in Marseille 2020, in Cologne 2020, in Melbourne 2021 and in Stuttgart 2021. (see list of the title)
Marin was elated with the win because he didn’t win a title for 3 years.
The Croatian added € 15,080 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 53,280 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Felix Auger Aliassime Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 81 points vs. Felix’s 62.
Cilic
The Croatian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (18/28) on his second serve. Cilic won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, Felix had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Auger-Aliassime is 3-0 for Marin.
Live score progression and stats
The Croatian won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 11th (6-5) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. Yet, the Croatian kept the situation under control to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Cilic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Cilic wasted a good opportunity to break the Canadian in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Cilic won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
Cilic won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Cilic converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A).
They contested 99 points. The Croatian won 9 points more than the Canadian (54-45). Cilic lost 15 points on serve (31-15). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 23 points on serve (30-23).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marin grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Cilic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Cilic conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Canadian (27-17). Cilic lost 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Felix conceded 7 points on serve (12-7).
