Andrey Rublev and Marin Cilic will face off in the quarter of the French Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.46
Marin Cilic -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 7th time that Andrey Rublev and Marin Cilic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but Cilic leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cilic won 7-5 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2022.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs Andrey Rublev – Australian Open 22-January-2022
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-8 | 13-5 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Rublev reached the quarter after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-75 6-3 6-2 6-4, Federico Delbonis 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3, Cristian Garin 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-611 and Jannik Sinner 1-6 6-4 2-0 ret..
In the 4th round against Sinner, Andrey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 2-0 ret.). During the match, Rublev scored 59 points vs Sinner’s 55. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev scored 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Rublev put 60% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Rublev broke Sinner twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rublev has lost 3 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (357-197). 11-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has a composed 92-57 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Marseille where he overcame Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in in Dubai where he beat Jiri Vesely in the final 6-3 6-4 and in in Belgrade where he overcame Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 6-0.
Rublev has an overall 29-7 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
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 quarter after defeating Attila Balazs 6-0 6-1 6-2, Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3, Gilles Simon 6-0 6-3 6-2 and Daniil Medvedev 6-2 6-3 6-2.
In the 4th round, Marin had a good straight sets win against Medvedev (6-2 6-3 6-2). During the match Cilic scored 85 points vs Medvedev’s 60. Cilic was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Cilic bagged 5 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marin Cilic was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Medvedev 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cilic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Marin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Cilic has an overall 17-11 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 16 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 134 | 106 |
| Pts | 466-404 | 387-259 |
| Total Points | 870 | 646 |
| Winners | 187 | 142 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Rublev and Cilic played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrey Rublev conceded 4 sets, while Marin Cilic surrendered 1 set. Rublev has played 3 sets more than Cilic (16 vs 13). Therefore, Rublev played 28 games more than Cilic. Andrey scored 187 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Marin made 142 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 37 | 36 |
| Avg per match | 9.3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 239/408 | 180/312 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 187/239 | 142/180 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 96/169 | 80/132 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Rublev scored 37 aces (9.3 per match). Cilic struck 36 aces (9 per match). Rublev won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 26 |
| Converted | 16/38 | 26/43 |
| % Converted | 42% | 60% |
| Conceded | 15 | 12 |
| Saved | 9 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Andrey broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Rublev dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 26 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | ||||||
| R1 Kwon |
R2 Delbonis |
R3 Garin |
R4 Sinner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-611 | 1-6 6-4 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 40 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 134 | |
| pts | 149-125 | 118-97 | 140-127 | 59-55 | 466-404 | |
| Total points | 274 | 215 | 267 | 114 | 870 | |
| Winners | 57 | 50 | 55 | 25 | 187 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 73/123 | 64/108 | 73/129 | 29/48 | 239/408 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 57% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 57/73 | 50/64 | 55/73 | 25/29 | 187/239 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 75% | 86% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 26/44 | 32/56 | 8/19 | 96/169 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 59% | 57% | 42% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/9 | 5/13 | 2/5 | 16/38 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 44% | 38% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 40% | 0% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Cilic | ||||||
| R1 Balazs |
R2 Fucsovics |
R3 Simon |
R4 Medvedev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 6-2 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 | 6-0 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 37 | 23 | 25 | 106 | |
| pts | 83-41 | 132-105 | 87-53 | 85-60 | 387-259 | |
| Total points | 124 | 237 | 140 | 145 | 646 | |
| Winners | 30 | 51 | 26 | 35 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 30% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 66/119 | 37/66 | 39/70 | 180/312 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 56% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 51/66 | 26/37 | 35/39 | 142/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 77% | 70% | 90% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 32/53 | 17/29 | 18/31 | 80/132 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 60% | 59% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 5/11 | 8/13 | 5/7 | 26/43 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 45% | 62% | 71% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 7/9 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 78% | 0% | – | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
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