Alexei Popyrin and Marin Cilic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.7
Marin Cilic -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 3rd time that Alexei Popyrin and Marin Cilic square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Cilic won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2022.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-15 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Alexei got to the 2nd round after defeating Hady Habib 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Habib (6-2 6-4). During the match, Popyrin scored 57 points vs Habib’s 40. Alexei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexei Popyrin was extremely effective on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexei broke Habib 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Popyrin has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (274-217). 1-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popyrin has a compiled 137-102 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has a compiled 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 2-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 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, Marin got to the 2nd round after beating Alex De Minaur 6-2 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cilic defeated De Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 89 points vs De Minaur’s 75. Cilic was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Cilic made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break De Minaur 4 times.
Cilic has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 |
| Pts | 57-40 | 89-75 |
| Total Points | 97 | 164 |
| Winners | 28 | 37 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Both Popyrin and Cilic played 1 match. At the moment, Marin Cilic dropped 1 set while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Popyrin has played 1 set(s) less than Cilic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popyrin played 8 games less than Cilic. The Australian scored 28 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Marin blasted 37 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 54/90 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 37/54 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 56% |
Popyrin blasted 8 aces . Cilic bagged 3 aces . Popyrin won 93% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Popyrin broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Popyrin quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Marin conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | |||
| R1 Habib |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 57-40 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 28/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cilic | |||
| R1 De Minaur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-75 | 89-75 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 54/90 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLLWWLL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus (6-75 7-68 10-6) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-67 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-64 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Alexei PopyrinBhambri/Alexei Popyrin – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (4-6 7-61 10-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Robin Haase/Hendrik JebensHaase/Hendrik Jebens – Pavlos Tsitsipas/Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Tallon Griekspoor/Adam PavlasekGriekspoor/Adam Pavlasek (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (5-7 6-3 16-14) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Quentin HalysHalys (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (8-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marin CilicCilic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
