Marin Cilic and Matteo Arnaldi will face off in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 2 sets.
Marin Cilic -> 1.174
Matteo Arnaldi -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Matteo Arnaldi
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Matteo Arnaldi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-20 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 6-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 24, the Croatian will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 4-6 6-4 6-4 to Zverev in the 2nd round on the 4th of May.
The Croatian has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Talking about his overall career, Marin has an overall 666-359 record. He has a positive 179-104 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Matteo Arnaldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-26 | 11-14 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-13 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277 (career-high), Arnaldi will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Rome 1 Challenger where he lost 6-1 3-6 6-3 to De in the 2nd round on the 27th of April.
The Italian has a composed 16-13 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Split Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 102-60 record. He has a positive 70-36 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.
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