Marin Cilic and Tallon Griekspoor will square off in the quarter of the Tata Open Maharashtra for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 17, Marin reached the quarter after defeating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 3-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

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