H2H, prediction of Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Marin Cilic in Dubai with odds, preview, pick | 27th February 2025

PREVIEW. Dubai. Auger-Aliassime and Cilic will fight against each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 27th of February

Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marin Cilic

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Marin Cilic will play each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday 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 Felix Auger-Aliassime who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Felix Auger-Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime -> 1.45
Marin Cilic -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marin Cilic

This will be the 5th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Marin Cilic square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Cilic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Auger-Aliassime won 2-6 7-6(7) 6-2 7-6(4) in the 4th round in at the Australian Open back in 2022.

Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Marin Cilic – Australian Open 24-January-2022

Felix Auger-Aliassime

Felix Auger-Aliassime
Felix Auger-Aliassime

14 - 4win/loss

Hard
10-3
I Hard
4-1
Rank
27
High
6
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-15 13-6 3-6 4-1 3-2 0-0
2024 32-25 6-10 17-8 9-5 0-2 0-0
2023 23-19 13-13 1-3 9-2 0-1 0-0
2022 60-27 14-9 11-7 31-7 4-4 0-0
2021 38-24 19-10 4-6 5-5 10-3 0-0

Ranked no. 21, the Canadian got to the quarter after beating Alexander Bublik 7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3 and Nuno Borges 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round against Borges, Felix recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 99 points vs Borges’s 87. Felix was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Auger-Aliassime bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Felix Auger-Aliassime lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Auger-Aliassime put 73% of his first serves in, winning 78% (52/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Borges 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Felix has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Auger-Aliassime has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (342-204). 10-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Auger-Aliassime has an overall 113-85 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Adelaide where he overcame Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 3-6 6-1 and in Montpellier where he overcame Aleksandar Kovacevic in the final 6-2 6-7(7) 7-6(2).

The Canadian has an aggregate 14-4 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Auger-Aliassime
Dubai
Auger-Aliassime's Record

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
101
High
3
WWWWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-10 2-2 11-7 0-0 6-1 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 reached the quarter after beating Alex De Minaur 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Alexei Popyrin 5-7 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Popyrin, Cilic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4).During the match Cilic scored less points (2) than Popyrin. In fact, the world no. 21 won 87 points vs Popyrin’s. That means that Cilic was more focused during the important points. Cilic was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Cilic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marin Cilic lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (50/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Cilic broke Popyrin twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Cilic has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cilic
Dubai
Cilic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Auger-Aliassime
M.Cilic
5h:08
5h:08
Time on court​
4h:31
4h:31
!
2h:19
2h:19
Last match​
!
2h:14
2h:14
2
2
Match played
2
2
66
66
Games Played​
57
57
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
225
225
Total points​
176
176
112.5
112.5
Avg point​
88
88
114
114
Winners
87
87
57
57
Avg Winners​
43.5
43.5
51%
51%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
9
9
8.5
8.5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
114/148
114/148
1st won total​
87/117
87/117
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
29/57
29/57
2nd won total​
36/71
36/71
51%
51%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
6/27
6/27
BP won
6/10
6/10
3/13.5
3/13.5
Avg BP won
3/5
3/5
!
22%
22%
Won
!
60%
60%
13
13
Conceded
11
11
6.5
6.5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
3
3
Broken
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
10
10
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Auger-Aliassime Cilic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 66 57
Pts 225-200 176-164
Total Points 425 340
Winners 114 87
%Winners 51% 49%

Both Auger-Aliassime and Cilic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 2 sets, while Marin Cilic conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Auger-Aliassime and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Auger-Aliassime played 9 games more than Cilic. Auger-Aliassime scored 114 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Cilic struck 87 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Auger-Aliassime Cilic
Aces 17 9
Avg per match 8.5 4.5
1st in 148/205 117/188
%1st in 72% 62%
1st pts 114/148 87/117
%1st pts 77% 74%
2nd pts 29/57 36/71
%2nd pts 51% 51%

Auger-Aliassime recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Cilic bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Auger-Aliassime won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Auger-Aliassime Cilic
Won 6 6
Converted 6/27 6/10
% Converted 22% 60%
Conceded 13 11
Saved 10 8
% Saved 77% 73%
Times Broken 3 3

Auger-Aliassime broke his opponents 6 times with a 22% conversion rate. Auger-Aliassime surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Marin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Auger-Aliassime
R1
Bublik
R2
Borges
Total
Score 7-67 6-74 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 35 31 66
pts 126-113 99-87 225-200
Total points 239 186 425
Winners 62 52 114
%Winners 49% 53% 51%
SERVE
Aces 8 9 17
Double Faults 5 1 6
1st in 81/113 67/92 148/205
% 1st in 72% 73% 72%
1st pts 62/81 52/67 114/148
% 1st pts 77% 78% 77%
2nd pts 17/32 12/25 29/57
% 2nd pts 53% 48% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/17 3/10 6/27
Converted % 18% 30% 22%
Conceded 7 6 13
Saved 6/7 4/6 10
Saved % 86% 67% 77%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Cilic
R1
De Minaur
R2
Popyrin
Total
Score 6-2 3-6 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 26 31 57
pts 89-75 87-89 176-164
Total points 164 176 340
Winners 37 50 87
%Winners 42% 57% 49%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 54/90 63/98 117/188
% 1st in 60% 64% 62%
1st pts 37/54 50/63 87/117
% 1st pts 69% 79% 74%
2nd pts 20/36 16/35 36/71
% 2nd pts 56% 46% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/4 2/6 6/10
Converted % 100% 33% 60%
Conceded 7 4 11
Saved 5/7 3/4 8
Saved % 71% 75% 73%
Times Broken 2 1 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Auger-Aliassime
LWLWWLLWWW
Cilic
WWWWWLWLLW
2025 2024 2023
23 - 15
19 - 10
13-6
Hard
2-2
4-1
I Hard
0-0
3-6
Clay
11-7
3-2
Grass
6-1

Tennis Scores in Dubai

  • Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John PeersKevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
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