Marin Cilic and Liam Broady will play each other in the quarter of the Tel Aviv Watergen Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.24
Liam Broady -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Liam Broady
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Liam Broady face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Cilic won 6-1 4-6 7-5 in the 1st round in London back in June 2022.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs Liam Broady – London 13-June-2022
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-8 | 8-6 | 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. 16, Cilic got to the quarter after defeating Dominic Thiem 6-76 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Thiem, Cilic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-2 6-4). During the match, Cilic scored 100 points vs Thiem’s 90. Cilic was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cilic struck 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cilic broke Thiem 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (351-188). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has an aggregate 79-42 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide,at the French Open and London.
Cilic has an aggregate 29-16 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tel Aviv
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-17 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Liam reached the quarter after defeating Roberto Marcora 6-3 6-2, Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-61 6-1, Hamad Medjedovic 7-5 6-3 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brit defeated Van De Zandschulp (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Broady scored 103 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 102. Broady was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Broady managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve twice and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 52% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (32/58) on the 2nd serve. Liam broke Van De Zandschulp 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Liam started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Broady’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.
The Brit has a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 87 |
| Pts | 100-90 | 314-261 |
| Total Points | 190 | 575 |
| Winners | 42 | 117 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Cilic played 1 match while Broady competed in 4 matches. Broady started his run from the qualifications while Cilic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Marin Cilic dropped 1 set, while Liam Broady dropped 1 set. Cilic has played 6 set(s) less than Broady (3 vs 9). Therefore, Cilic played 56 games less than Broady. The Croatian scored 42 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Broady fired 117 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 171/319 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 117/171 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 81/148 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Cilic bagged 15 aces . Broady made 22 aces (5.5 per match). Cilic won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Broady won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 17/30 |
| % Converted | 31% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 28 |
| Saved | 1 | 19 |
| % Saved | 50% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
Cilic broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Marin conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 17 times with a 57% conversion rate. Broady conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R2 Thiem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-90 | 100-90 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 53/88 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 42/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Broady | ||||||
| Q1 Marcora |
Q3 Alvarez |
R1 Medjedovic |
R2 Van De Zandschulp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-61 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 87 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 74-52 | 65-50 | 103-102 | 314-261 | |
| Total points | 129 | 126 | 115 | 205 | 575 | |
| Winners | 28 | 26 | 21 | 42 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 32% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 37/64 | 28/64 | 62/120 | 171/319 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 44% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 26/37 | 21/28 | 42/62 | 117/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 70% | 75% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 13/27 | 22/36 | 32/58 | 81/148 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 48% | 61% | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3/9 | 17/30 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 100% | 80% | 33% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 28 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 13/15 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 40% | 33% | 87% | 220% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
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