Marin Cilic prevails over Taylor Harry Fritz 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 in the final in St. Petersburg on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. This is the twice won this tournament that the Croatian wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Marin added $ 23,980 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 84,720 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Taylor Harry Fritz St. Petersburg Open – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marin scored 103 points vs. Taylor Harry’s 97.
Cilic
Cilic served very well to win 78% of the points (45/58) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 38% points (15/39) on his second serve. The Croatian fired 12 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Cilic was effective when converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7).
Fritz
On the other side, Taylor Harry was not so effective in converting his break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Cilic and Fritz is 1-1.
This was the 20th career title for Marin. (see list of titles and finals). The American 4th remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Eastbourne 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Marin won the set after he broke Fritz in the 6th (4-2) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Cilic maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
Cilic won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Taylor Harry won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
They contested 78 points. The Croatian won 12 points more than Fritz (45-33). Cilic lost 8 points on serve (28-8). On the other side, Taylor Harry conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Cilic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Taylor Harry Fritz in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Taylor Harry succeeded in coming back to break Marin 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Taylor Harry was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 5th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Taylor Harry was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Marin (29-21). Taylor Harry conceded 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the court, Marin conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Marin won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Cilic broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
They contested 68 points. Cilic was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Taylor Harry (37-31). Cilic conceded 15 points on serve (22-15). on the other side of the net, Fritz conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
