Marin Cilic and Gilles Simon will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.186
Gilles Simon -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Gilles Simon
This will be the 8th time that Marin Cilic and Gilles Simon face off. The head to head is 6-1 for Simon (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Simon won 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Pune 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, Marin reached the 3rd round after defeating Attila Balazs 6-0 6-1 6-2 and Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Fucsovics, Marin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3). During the match, Cilic scored 132 points vs Fucsovics’s 105. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cilic struck 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (51/66) of his 1st serve and 60% (32/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Croatian broke Fucsovics 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Cilic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (337-183). 6-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has an overall 75-45 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Cilic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
The Croatian has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Gilles Simon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25-29 | 7-6 | 4-10 | 11-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-24 | 2-4 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 4-4 | 1-5 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 28-27 | 8-11 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 35-26 | 8-7 | 10-8 | 13-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Simon reached the 3rd round after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-4 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-4 and Steve Johnson 7-5 6-1 7-66.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Johnson (7-5 6-1 7-66). During the match Simon scored 117 points vs Johnson’s 92. Simon was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Simon struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gilles Simon lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 73% of his first serves in, winning 68% (50/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Simon broke Johnson 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gilles has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Simon has an overall 14-15 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2011, 2013 and 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 79 |
| Pts | 215-146 | 261-236 |
| Total Points | 361 | 497 |
| Winners | 81 | 100 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Cilic and Simon played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marin Cilic lost 1 set, while Gilles Simon dropped 2 sets. Cilic has played 1 set(s) less than Simon (7 vs 8). Therefore, Cilic played 21 games less than Simon. Marin scored 81 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gilles scored 100 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 104/176 | 155/245 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 81/104 | 100/155 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 45/72 | 45/90 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Cilic made 23 aces (11.5 per match). Simon fired 8 aces (4 per match). Cilic won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 65% of the points behind 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 | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 57% | 53% |
| Conceded | 10 | 26 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 13 |
Cilic broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Cilic lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Gilles conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | ||||
| R1 Balazs |
R2 Fucsovics |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 6-2 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 37 | 58 | |
| pts | 83-41 | 132-105 | 215-146 | |
| Total points | 124 | 237 | 361 | |
| Winners | 30 | 51 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 66/119 | 104/176 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 51/66 | 81/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 32/53 | 45/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 60% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 5/11 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 45% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 7/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 78% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Simon | ||||
| R1 Carreno-Busta |
R2 Johnson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 47 | 32 | 79 | |
| pts | 144-144 | 117-92 | 261-236 | |
| Total points | 288 | 209 | 497 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 81/143 | 74/102 | 155/245 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 73% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 50/81 | 50/74 | 100/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/62 | 15/28 | 45/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 9/13 | 7/17 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 69% | 41% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 7 | 26 | |
| Saved | 10/19 | 3/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 43% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
Head 2 Head
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