Alex De Minaur and Marin Cilic will play each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm 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 Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.168
Marin Cilic -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 5th time that Alex De Minaur and Marin Cilic square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, De Minaur won 6-2 6-2 in the Rubber 2 in 1 back in 2022.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-12 | 12-5 | 10-5 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-21 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, the Australian will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-1 3-6 7-6(8) to Rublev in the quarter on the 20th of February.
Alex has an overall 13-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
De Minaur’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Rotterdam.
Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 378-211 record. He has a positive 179-88 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-10 | 2-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 187, the Croatian will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Alcaraz in the 1st round on the 17th of February.
The Croatian has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Croatian has an overall 697-383 record. He has a positive 256-150 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKaren – Daniel EvansDaniel (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (8-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Zizou BergsBergs (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
