Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.182
Marin Cilic -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 8th time that Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 6-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 7-6(5) 7-6(1) in the R in London Finals back in 2018.
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), the German will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Munich where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Vitus Nodskov Rune in the 2nd round on the 27th of April.
Alexander has a composed 17-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Montpellier.
Talking about his overall career, The German has an overall 394-194 record. He has a positive 133-63 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2018 and 2021. See his history.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 13-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Cilic got to the 2nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Marin defeated Ramos-Vinolas (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Cilic scored 93 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 84. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic fired 18 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Ramos-Vinolas 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Marin has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andy MurrayMurray – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-1 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jack DraperDraper (2-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Andy MurrayMurray (25-11) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Casper RuudRuud (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PouillePouille – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – John IsnerIsner (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Christian GarinGarin (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-1) – H2H and prediction
