Karen Khachanov and Marin Cilic will square off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.74
Marin Cilic -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Cilic won 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2018.
Karen Khachanov
Ranked no. 30, Karen reached the 2nd round after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Khachanov had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-3 6-3). During the match, Khachanov scored 75 points vs Mannarino’s 52. Karen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Khachanov fired 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Karen Khachanov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 85% (17/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Mannarino 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (309-205). 7-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Khachanov has a compiled 98-66 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Tokyo.
The Russian has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 35, Marin reached the 2nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-2 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 65 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 46. Marin was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic recorded 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marin Cilic was very effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Ramos-Vinolas 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Stuttgart where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
Marin has an overall 27-18 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2011. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 75-52 | 65-46 |
| Total Points | 127 | 111 |
| Winners | 19 | 24 |
| %Winners | 25% | 37% |
Both Khachanov and Cilic played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Khachanov and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Khachanov played 1 game more than Cilic. The Russian scored 19 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Marin recorded 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 28/60 |
| %1st in | 53% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 85% | 56% |
Khachanov managed to score 5 aces . Cilic managed to score 10 aces . Khachanov won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 85% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 19% | 60% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 19% conversion rate. Khachanov pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Croatian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Mannarino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 75-52 | 75-52 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 85% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/16 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 65-46 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/60 | 28/60 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pablo AndujarAndujar (2-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction