Daniil Medvedev and Marin Cilic will play each other in the 3rd round of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.21
Marin Cilic -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Marin Cilic

This will be the 2nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 6-4 7-6(7) in the quarter in Washington back in 2019.

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Daniil got to the 3rd round after defeating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-1 4-6 7-63 and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-4 6-1 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Alcaraz Garfia (6-4 6-1 6-2). During the match, Medvedev scored 89 points vs Alcaraz Garfia’s 57. Daniil was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Medvedev recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniil Medvedev lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Medvedev put 63% of his first serves in, winning 95% (38/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Daniil broke Alcaraz Garfia 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Medvedev started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Medvedev has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (344-155). 6-1 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Medvedev has an overall34-15 record in the last 9 years on grass.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Marseille where he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 and in in Mallorca where he defeated Sam Querrey in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Russian has a composed 28-7 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Wimbledon
Medvedev's Record

Marin Cilic

Ranked no. 37, Marin got to the 3rd round after defeating Salvatore Caruso 7-65 7-61 6-1 and Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-65.

In the 2nd round, The Croatian defeated Bonzi (6-4 3-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Cilic scored 142 points vs Bonzi’s 138. Cilic was very aggressive to blast 57 winners.

About the serving games, Cilic made 16 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was very effective on serve to win 76% (57/75) of his 1st serve and 54% (30/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Marin broke Bonzi 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Stuttgart where he overcame Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.

Marin has an overall 19-11 win-loss record in 2021, 9-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Wimbledon
Cilic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Medvedev
M.Cilic
4h:06
4h:06
Time on court​
5h:44
5h:44
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
!
3h:04
3h:04
2
2
Match played
2
2
65
65
Games Played​
74
74
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
228
228
Total points​
263
263
114
114
Avg point​
131.5
131.5
90
90
Winners
114
114
45
45
Avg Winners​
57
57
39%
39%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
34
34
!
11
11
Avg Aces
!
17
17
5
5
Double Faults
10
10
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
90/103
90/103
1st won total​
114/145
114/145
!
87%
87%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
42/77
42/77
2nd won total​
45/88
45/88
55%
55%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
11/24
11/24
BP won
7/30
7/30
5.5/12
5.5/12
Avg BP won
3.5/15
3.5/15
46%
46%
Won
!
23%
23%
8
8
Conceded
14
14
4
4
Avg Conceded
7
7
3
3
Broken
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Medvedev Cilic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 65 74
Pts 228-175 263-234
Total Points 403 497
Winners 90 114
%Winners 39% 43%

Both Medvedev and Cilic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniil Medvedev lost 1 set, while Marin Cilic surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Medvedev and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Medvedev played 9 games less than Cilic. Medvedev scored 90 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 114 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Medvedev Cilic
Aces 22 34
Avg per match 11 17
1st in 103/180 145/233
%1st in 57% 62%
1st pts 90/103 114/145
%1st pts 87% 79%
2nd pts 42/77 45/88
%2nd pts 55% 51%

Medvedev blasted 22 aces (11 per match). Cilic managed to score 34 aces (17 per match). Medvedev won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Medvedev Cilic
Won 11 7
Converted 11/24 7/30
% Converted 46% 23%
Conceded 8 14
Saved 5 10
% Saved 63% 71%
Times Broken 3 4

The Russian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Medvedev conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponents 7 times with a 23% conversion rate. Cilic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Medvedev
R1
Struff		 R2
Alcaraz		 Total
Score 6-4 6-1 4-6 7-63 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 4 3 7
Tot Games 40 25 65
pts 139-118 89-57 228-175
Total points 257 146 403
Winners 52 38 90
%Winners 37% 43% 39%
SERVE
Aces 16 6 22
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 63/116 40/64 103/180
% 1st in 54% 63% 57%
1st pts 52/63 38/40 90/103
% 1st pts 83% 95% 87%
2nd pts 32/53 10/24 42/77
% 2nd pts 60% 42% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 7 11
Converted 4/9 7/15 11/24
Converted % 44% 47% 46%
Conceded 5 3 8
Saved 4/5 1/3 5
Saved % 80% 33% 57%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Cilic
R1
Caruso		 R2
Bonzi		 Total
Score 7-65 7-61 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-65
Tot Set 3 4 7
Tot Games 33 41 74
pts 121-96 142-138 263-234
Total points 217 280 497
Winners 57 57 114
%Winners 47% 40% 43%
SERVE
Aces 18 16 34
Double Faults 4 6 10
1st in 70/102 75/131 145/233
% 1st in 69% 57% 62%
1st pts 57/70 57/75 114/145
% 1st pts 81% 76% 79%
2nd pts 15/32 30/56 45/88
% 2nd pts 47% 54% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/13 3/17 7/30
Converted % 31% 18% 23%
Conceded 7 7 14
Saved 5/7 5/7 10
Saved % 71% 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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