Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic will face off in the final of the Tel Aviv Watergen Open for the 21st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.25
Marin Cilic -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 21st time that Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic fight against each other. The head to head is 18-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-4 6-2 in the Rubber 2 in 1 back in 2021.
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Djokovic got to the final after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-0 6-3, Vasek Pospisil 7-65 6-3 and Roman Safiullin 6-1 7-63.
In the semifinal, Novak had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-1 7-63). During the match, Djokovic scored 74 points vs Safiullin’s 52. Novak was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Safiullin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a marvellous win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (547-82). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has an overall 79-13 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Rome where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5) and at the Wimbledon where he overcame Nick Kyrgios in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3).
Djokovic has an overall 27-6 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tel Aviv
Djokovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Marin Cilic
| 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 |
Ranked no. 16, Marin got to the final after beating Dominic Thiem 6-76 6-2 6-4, Liam Broady w/o and Constant Lestienne 7-5 6-3.
In the semifinal, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (7-5 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 73 points vs Lestienne’s 56. Marin was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Cilic broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cilic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Marin’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide,at the French Open , London and Tel Aviv.
Marin has an overall 30-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 52 |
| Pts | 213-159 | 173-146 |
| Total Points | 372 | 319 |
| Winners | 90 | 73 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Djokovic played 3 matches while Cilic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Marin Cilic lost 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set more than Cilic (6 vs 5). Therefore, Djokovic played 5 games more than Cilic. The Serbian scored 90 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian fired 73 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 14.5 |
| 1st in | 113/171 | 89/148 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 90/113 | 73/89 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 35/58 | 31/59 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 53% |
Djokovic bagged 23 aces (7.7 per match). Cilic bagged 29 aces (14.5 per match). Djokovic won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 43% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Djokovic dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R2 Andujar |
1/4 Pospisil |
1/2 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 69-46 | 70-61 | 74-52 | 213-159 | |
| Total points | 115 | 131 | 126 | 372 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 36 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 46% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 43/66 | 43/64 | 113/171 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 65% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 32/43 | 36/43 | 90/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 84% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 16/23 | 9/21 | 35/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 70% | 43% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/2 | 3/7 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 67% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cilic | |||||
| R2 Thiem |
1/4 Broady |
1/2 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-2 6-4 | w/o | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | – | 21 | 52 | |
| pts | 100-90 | – | 73-56 | 173-146 | |
| Total points | 190 | – | 129 | 319 | |
| Winners | 42 | – | 31 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 42% | – | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | – | 14 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | – | 36/60 | 89/148 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | – | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | – | 31/36 | 73/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | – | 86% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | – | 11/24 | 31/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | – | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | – | 4/7 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 31% | – | 57% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | – | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 50% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |
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