Kyle Edmund and Marin Cilic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cassis Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRAL CABESTO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.38
Kyle Edmund -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Kyle Edmund vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 3rd time that Kyle Edmund and Marin Cilic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Cilic won 6-2 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in at the Australian Open back in 2018.
Kyle Edmund
27 - 19win/loss
358
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LLWWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-25 | 8-7 | 4-5 | 25-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-16 | 1-7 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 452, Edmund reached the 2nd round after defeating Pierre Antoine Tailleu 6-4 6-3, Nikolay Vylegzhanin 6-2 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kyle had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-4 6-1). During the match, Edmund scored 65 points vs Escoffier’s 40. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Edmund made 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Kyle Edmund was very effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Edmund broke Escoffier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Edmund has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (237-166). 8-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Edmund has an aggregate 116-86 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Edmund’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Loughborough and M25 Sunderland.
Edmund has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cassis Challenger
Edmund 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. 674, Marin got to the 2nd round after defeating Ugo Blanchet 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(4).
In the 1st round against Blanchet, Marin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 7-64). During the match Cilic scored 124 points vs Blanchet’s 113. Cilic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic made 17 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (29/58) on the 2nd serve. Cilic broke Blanchet 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The Croatian has a compiled 2-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Edmund | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 34 |
| Pts | 197-141 | 124-113 |
| Total Points | 338 | 237 |
| Winners | 75 | 42 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Edmund played 3 matches while Cilic competed in 1 match. Edmund started his run from the qualifications while Cilic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marin Cilic dropped 1 set while Kyle Edmund hasn’t conceded a set so far. Edmund has played 3 sets more than Cilic (6 vs 3). Therefore, Edmund played 20 games more than Cilic. Edmund scored 75 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Marin fired 42 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Edmund | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 17 |
| 1st in | 86/156 | 55/113 |
| %1st in | 55% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 75/86 | 42/55 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 41/70 | 29/58 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Edmund fired 15 aces (5 per match). Cilic made 17 aces . Edmund won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Edmund | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 42% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Brit broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Edmund | |||||
| Q1 Antoine |
Q3 Vylegzhanin |
R1 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 68-52 | 64-49 | 65-40 | 197-141 | |
| Total points | 120 | 113 | 105 | 338 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 26 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/58 | 28/49 | 32/49 | 86/156 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 57% | 65% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/26 | 24/28 | 26/32 | 75/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 86% | 81% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/21 | 13/17 | 41/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 67% | 76% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/10 | 3/7 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 30% | 43% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 100% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cilic | |||||
| R1 Blanchet |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 7-64 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |||
| pts | 124-113 | 124-113 | |||
| Total points | 237 | 237 | |||
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |||
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |||
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |||
| 1st in | 55/113 | 55/113 | |||
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |||
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 42/55 | |||
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |||
| 2nd pts | 29/58 | 29/58 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |||
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |||
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |||
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |||
| Saved % | 40% | 13% | |||
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |||
Head 2 Head
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