Marin Cilic and Tommy Paul will play each other in the 3rd round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT ROGERS. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.7
Tommy Paul -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Tommy Paul

This will be the 3rd time that Marin Cilic and Tommy Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Cilic won 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the quarter in Adelaide back in January 2022.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs Tommy Paul – Adelaide 13-January-2022

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

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Rank
181
High
3
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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
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Ranked no. 16, Marin reached the 3rd round after defeating Borna Coric 6-3 6-2 and Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cilic scored 65 points vs Khachanov’s 47. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cilic managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marin Cilic was quite effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marin broke Khachanov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marin hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (345-185). 11-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has an aggregate 134-79 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Cilic’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide,at the French Open and London.

Cilic has a compiled 23-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Montreal
Cilic's Record

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul

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Rank
12
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-19 17-11 10-4 8-2 10-2 0-0
2023 46-29 29-13 5-6 3-5 9-5 0-0
2022 39-27 21-12 2-6 9-5 7-4 0-0
2021 33-23 12-12 9-7 12-4 0-0 0-0
2020 21-14 12-6 5-4 4-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 34, the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 and Carlos Alcaraz 6-74 7-67 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Alcaraz, Tommy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-67 6-3). During the match Paul scored 130 points vs Alcaraz’s 125. Tommy was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.

About the serving games, Paul managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (55/85) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alcaraz 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Tommy’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.

Paul has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Toronto

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. See his history.

Montreal
Paul's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Cilic
T.Paul
2h:48
2h:48
Time on court​
!
4h:45
4h:45
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
!
3h:20
3h:20
2
2
Match played
2
2
34
34
Games Played​
55
55
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
129
129
Total points​
196
196
64.5
64.5
Avg point​
98
98
54
54
Winners
86
86
27
27
Avg Winners​
43
43
42%
42%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
5
5
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
54/66
54/66
1st won total​
86/126
86/126
!
82%
82%
1st won %
68%
68%
19/34
19/34
2nd won total​
37/66
37/66
56%
56%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
BP won
6/24
6/24
3.5/8.5
3.5/8.5
Avg BP won
3/12
3/12
41%
41%
Won
!
25%
25%
5
5
Conceded
14
14
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
7
7
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
4
4
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cilic Paul
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 34 55
Pts 129-89 196-181
Total Points 218 377
Winners 54 86
%Winners 42% 44%

Both Cilic and Paul played 2 matches. At the moment, Tommy Paul conceded 1 set while Marin Cilic hasn’t lost a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set(s) less than Paul (4 vs 5). Therefore, Cilic played 21 games less than Paul. The Croatian scored 54 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 86 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cilic Paul
Aces 11 5
Avg per match 5.5 2.5
1st in 66/100 126/192
%1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 54/66 86/126
%1st pts 82% 68%
2nd pts 19/34 37/66
%2nd pts 56% 56%

Cilic bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Paul managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Cilic won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cilic Paul
Won 7 6
Converted 7/17 6/24
% Converted 41% 25%
Conceded 5 14
Saved 4 11
% Saved 80% 79%
Times Broken 1 3

The Croatian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Marin lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Tommy broke his opponents 6 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Cilic
R1
Coric		 R2
Khachanov		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 17 34
pts 64-42 65-47 129-89
Total points 106 112 218
Winners 27 27 54
%Winners 42% 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 6 5 11
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 34/45 32/55 66/100
% 1st in 76% 58% 66%
1st pts 27/34 27/32 54/66
% 1st pts 79% 84% 82%
2nd pts 7/11 12/23 19/34
% 2nd pts 64% 52% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/11 3/6 7/17
Converted % 36% 50% 41%
Conceded 3 2 5
Saved 2/3 2/2 4
Saved % 67% 100% 84%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Paul
R1
Pospisil		 R2
Alcaraz		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-74 7-67 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 35 55
pts 66-56 130-125 196-181
Total points 122 255 377
Winners 31 55 86
%Winners 47% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 1 4 5
Double Faults 0 3 3
1st in 41/62 85/130 126/192
% 1st in 66% 65% 66%
1st pts 31/41 55/85 86/126
% 1st pts 76% 65% 68%
2nd pts 13/21 24/45 37/66
% 2nd pts 62% 53% 56%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/5 4/19 6/24
Converted % 40% 21% 25%
Conceded 3 11 14
Saved 3/3 8/11 11
Saved % 100% 73% 87%
Times Broken 0 3 3

Tennis Scores in Montreal

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