Marin Cilic and Marton Fucsovics will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.46
Marton Fucsovics -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Marton Fucsovics
This will be the 3rd time that Marin Cilic and Marton Fucsovics face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cilic won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2018.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 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. 23, Cilic got to the 2nd round after defeating Attila Balazs 6-0 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Balazs (6-0 6-1 6-2). During the match, Cilic scored 83 points vs Balazs’s 41. Marin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cilic recorded 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marin Cilic was very efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Balazs 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Cilic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (336-183). 5-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has an aggregate 74-45 match record in the last years on clay.
Cilic’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
The Croatian has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Marton Fucsovics
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-7 | 4-5 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 17-11 | 6-6 | 5-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-26 | 7-12 | 6-5 | 15-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-24 | 10-9 | 3-5 | 10-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 13-6 | 5-1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57, Fucsovics got to the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Marton had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-2 6-4 6-4). During the match Fucsovics scored 107 points vs Blancaneaux’s 81. Fucsovics was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Fucsovics scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marton Fucsovics lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Fucsovics put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (44/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Marton broke Blancaneaux 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Fucsovics has an aggregate 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Fucsovics |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 |
| Pts | 83-41 | 107-81 |
| Total Points | 124 | 188 |
| Winners | 30 | 44 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Both Cilic and Fucsovics played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cilic and Fucsovics have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Cilic played 7 games less than Fucsovics. The Croatian scored 30 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian made 44 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Fucsovics |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 61/89 |
| %1st in | 67% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 44/61 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 50% |
Cilic managed to score 11 aces . Fucsovics struck 1 ace . Cilic won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Fucsovics won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Fucsovics |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 47% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Marin broke his opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Marin very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Marton broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R1 Balazs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 83-41 | 83-41 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fucsovics | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 107-81 | 107-81 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 61/89 | 61/89 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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