Taylor Harry Fritz and Marin Cilic will fight against each other in the final of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Taylor Harry Fritz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Harry Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 1.79
Marin Cilic -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Marin Cilic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2017.
Taylor Harry Fritz
Ranked no. 28, the American reached the final after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-1 6-4, Tommy Paul 7-63 6-4, John Millman 6-4 6-2 and Jan-Lennard Struff 5-7 6-1 6-3.
In the semifinal against Struff, Taylor recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-3). During the match, Fritz scored 98 points vs Struff’s 77. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz recorded 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Taylor Harry Fritz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Struff 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Fritz has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (248-169). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has an aggregate36-27 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Taylor’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Doha, Cagliari, Los Cabos, Atlanta, Indian Wells and St. Petersburg.
Fritz has an overall 30-19 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 35, Cilic got to the final after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-3, Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-71 6-4, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-3.
In the semifinal, Marin had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-3 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 58 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 40. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Cilic scored 9 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marin Cilic was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marin broke Van De Zandschulp 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Stuttgart where he overcame Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
Cilic has an overall 30-18 win-loss record in 2021, 10-2 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 | Fritz | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 96 |
| Pts | 283-230 | 327-281 |
| Total Points | 513 | 608 |
| Winners | 126 | 142 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Fritz and Cilic played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Harry Fritz dropped 1 set, while Marin Cilic lost 2 sets. Fritz has played 1 set(s) less than Cilic (9 vs 10). Therefore, Fritz played 10 games less than Cilic. Taylor scored 126 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Marin bagged 142 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 53 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 13.3 |
| 1st in | 163/260 | 175/314 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 126/163 | 142/175 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 50/97 | 69/139 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 50% |
Fritz made 32 aces (8 per match). Cilic made 53 aces (13.3 per match). Fritz won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 81% of the points behind 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 | Fritz | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 14 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 14/33 |
| % Converted | 60% | 42% |
| Conceded | 16 | 23 |
| Saved | 11 | 18 |
| % Saved | 69% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Taylor broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Taylor lost his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Marin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | ||||||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
R2 Paul |
1/4 Millman |
1/2 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-63 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 5-7 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 18 | 28 | 86 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 69-65 | 56-44 | 98-77 | 283-230 | |
| Total points | 104 | 134 | 100 | 175 | 513 | |
| Winners | 29 | 34 | 19 | 44 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 34% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 48/72 | 26/48 | 54/81 | 163/260 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 67% | 54% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 34/48 | 19/26 | 44/54 | 126/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 71% | 73% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 13/24 | 14/22 | 13/27 | 50/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 54% | 64% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/2 | 4/7 | 5/10 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 57% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 75% | 50% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Cilic | ||||||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas |
R2 Khachanov |
1/4 Bautista-Agut |
1/2 Van De Zandschulp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-71 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 96 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 100-95 | 104-100 | 58-40 | 327-281 | |
| Total points | 111 | 195 | 204 | 98 | 608 | |
| Winners | 24 | 45 | 46 | 27 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% | 44% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 53 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 28/60 | 58/93 | 58/116 | 31/45 | 175/314 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 62% | 50% | 69% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 45/58 | 46/58 | 27/31 | 142/175 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 78% | 79% | 87% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 19/35 | 23/58 | 9/14 | 69/139 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 54% | 40% | 64% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/9 | 4/11 | 3/8 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 44% | 36% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 23 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/5 | 13/16 | 0/0 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 81% | – | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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