Marin Cilic demolishes Emilio Gomez 6-3 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to fight against Norbert Gombos in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Cilic added to his prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Emilio Gomez Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic
Gomez
6-3 6-1 6-2
1h:40
86
86
Total points
53
53
35
35
Winners
21
21
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
28
28
Unforced
19
19
60%
60%
Ratio Unforced
40%
40%
8/10
8/10
Net Approaches
1/2
1/2
80%
80%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
59%
59%
1st in
63%
63%
85%
85%
1st won
48%
48%
35/41
35/41
1st won
21/44
21/44
50%
50%
2nd won
46%
46%
14/28
14/28
2nd won
12/26
12/26
213
213
Fastest serve
198
198
195
195
AVG 1st Serve
179
179
154
154
AVG 2nd Serve
150
150
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
Total
1/3
1/3
64%
64%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Cilic scored 86 points vs. Emilio’s 53.

Cilic

Cilic served pretty well to win 85% of the points (35/41) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (14/28) on his second serve. Cilic struck 17 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Marin was well focused in converting 64% of the break points that he procured (7/11).

Gomez

On the other side, Emilio wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Gomez is 1-0 for Marin.

Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Norbert Gombos – stats

Cilic will compete against Gombos in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Norbert Gombos play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Cilic conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Cilic broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.

Emilio was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Croatian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Gomez was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40).

They contested 50 points. Marin was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Ecuadorian (29-21). Cilic surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, the Ecuadorian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

Cilic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Emilio Gomez in the 1st game (1-0). Marin reinforced his lead after breaking Emilio in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

The Ecuadorian was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The Croatian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Ecuadorian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They contested 43 points. Cilic conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Gomez (29-14). Cilic lost 6 points on serve (15-6). on the other side of the net, Emilio conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).

The Croatian in this set was in much better shape than Gomez and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Ecuadorian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Ecuadorian was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The Croatian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Emilio wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They played 46 points. The Croatian won 10 more points than Emilio (28-18). The Croatian surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Gomez conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

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