Marin Cilic and Tallon Griekspoor will square off in the quarter of the Tata Open Maharashtra for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTER 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.46
Tallon Griekspoor -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Tallon Griekspoor
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 17, Marin reached the quarter after defeating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 3-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Cilic defeated Carballes Baena (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match, Cilic scored 84 points vs Carballes Baena’s 66. Marin was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cilic managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 71% of his first serves in, winning 83% (45/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Cilic broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Cilic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (329-181). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has a compiled 133-78 match record in the last years on hard.
Cilic has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Pune
Tallon Griekspoor
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-29 | 10-11 | 8-8 | 11-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 14-10 | 3-5 | 12-7 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-6 | 12-6 | 4-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-17 | 11-3 | 36-10 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-9 | 3-1 | 12-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 95, Tallon reached the quarter after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 7-5 and Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-4 6-4). During the match Griekspoor scored 64 points vs Cecchinato’s 48. Tallon was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Griekspoor made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Griekspoor broke Cecchinato twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Griekspoor has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cilic | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 42 |
| Pts | 84-66 | 130-105 |
| Total Points | 150 | 235 |
| Winners | 45 | 65 |
| %Winners | 54% | 50% |
Cilic played 1 match while Griekspoor competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Marin Cilic dropped 1 set while Tallon Griekspoor hasn’t lost a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set(s) less than Griekspoor (3 vs 4). Therefore, Cilic played 17 games less than Griekspoor. The Croatian scored 45 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch struck 65 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cilic | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 54/76 | 78/117 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 65/78 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 59% |
Cilic blasted 16 aces . Griekspoor struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Cilic won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cilic | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Marin broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Griekspoor conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cilic | |||
| R2 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 84-66 | 84-66 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/76 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 45/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Griekspoor | ||||
| R1 Munar Clar |
R2 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| pts | 66-57 | 64-48 | 130-105 | |
| Total points | 123 | 112 | 235 | |
| Winners | 36 | 29 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 45% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 35/54 | 78/117 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 29/35 | 65/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 14/19 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 74% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/5 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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