Marin Cilic and Sebastian Korda will square off in the 2nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 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 Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.66
Sebastian Korda -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Sebastian Korda
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Korda won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in March 2021.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs Marin Cilic – Acapulco 15-March-2021
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 28, Cilic reached the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-3 6-4). During the match, Cilic scored 67 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 56. Marin was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cilic blasted 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 53% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Davidovich Fokina 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (362-187). 12-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has an overall 79-39 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
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 and in in St. Petersburg where he overcame Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4.
Marin has a composed 32-18 win-loss record in 2021, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
Sebastian Korda
Ranked no. 39, Korda reached the 2nd round after beating Aslan Karatsev 6-2 6-79 7-65.
In the 1st round, Korda defeated Karatsev (6-2 6-79 7-65). During the match Korda scored 132 points vs Karatsev’s 117. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about serving, Korda blasted 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Korda lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 72% of his first serves in, winning 79% (59/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Korda broke Karatsev 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Quimper Challenger where he beat Filip Horansky in the final 6-1 6-1 and in in Parma where he overcame Marco Cecchinato in the final 6-2 6-4.
Sebastian has an overall 31-18 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 34 |
| Pts | 67-56 | 132-117 |
| Total Points | 123 | 249 |
| Winners | 29 | 59 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Cilic and Korda played 1 match. At the moment, Sebastian Korda surrendered 1 set while Marin Cilic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set(s) less than Korda (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cilic played 15 games less than Korda. Cilic scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian managed to score 59 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11 |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 75/104 |
| %1st in | 53% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 59/75 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 12/29 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 41% |
Cilic blasted 8 aces . Korda scored 11 aces . Cilic won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/17 |
| % Converted | 60% | 24% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Marin lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Sebastian broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 35/66 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Korda | |||
| R1 Karatsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-79 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 132-117 | 132-117 | |
| Total points | 249 | 249 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 75/104 | 75/104 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 59/75 | 59/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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