Jesper De Jong and Marin Cilic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.83
Jesper De Jong -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Marin Cilic

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Jesper De Jong

10 - 8win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
3-2
Clay
6-3
Rank
76
High
76
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-31 8-7 20-13 5-6 2-5 0-0
2024 48-25 12-5 33-15 2-4 1-1 0-0
2023 52-23 19-4 30-14 0-2 3-3 0-0
2022 24-28 12-7 10-13 2-5 0-3 0-0
2021 32-29 2-6 27-18 3-5 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 105, De Jong got to the semifinal after defeating Titouan Droguet 6-3 6-2, Filip Misolic 6-3 6-1 and Sebastian Ofner 4-6 6-1 7-5

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In the quarter against Ofner, De Jong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, De Jong scored 99 points vs Ofner’s 82. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, De Jong managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (42/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Ofner 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jesper has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

De Jong has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (263-155). 6-3 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Jong has a composed151-81 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Dutch’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger.

De Jong has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Girona Challenger

Girona Challenger
De Jong's Record

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

5 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
Rank
75
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-20 3-6 11-9 6-3 9-2 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
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Ranked no. 143, Marin got to the semifinal after defeating Carlos Taberner 6-4 6-3, Marton Fucsovics 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-2 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Marin had a good straight sets win against Carreno-Busta (6-2 6-4). During the match Cilic scored 79 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 63. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Cilic made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was very efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marin broke Carreno-Busta 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Croatian has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Girona Challenger

Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.

Girona Challenger
Cilic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.De Jong
M.Cilic
5h:08
5h:08
Time on court​
6h:16
6h:16
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
1h:47
1h:47
3
3
Match played
3
3
62
62
Games Played​
71
71
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
226
226
Total points​
259
259
75.3
75.3
Avg point​
86.3
86.3
96
96
Winners
93
93
32
32
Avg Winners​
31
31
42%
42%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
16
16
3
3
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
96/125
96/125
1st won total​
93/137
93/137
!
77%
77%
1st won %
68%
68%
40/78
40/78
2nd won total​
66/115
66/115
51%
51%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
12/23
12/23
BP won
13/23
13/23
4/7.7
4/7.7
Avg BP won
4.3/7.7
4.3/7.7
!
52%
52%
Won
!
57%
57%
12
12
Conceded
22
22
4
4
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
3
3
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
16
16
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points De Jong Cilic
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 62 71
Pts 226-177 259-212
Total Points 403 471
Winners 96 93
%Winners 42% 36%

Both De Jong and Cilic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jesper De Jong lost 1 set, while Marin Cilic surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, De Jong and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 7. However, De Jong played 9 games less than Cilic. De Jong scored 96 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Marin fired 93 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve De Jong Cilic
Aces 9 16
Avg per match 3 5.3
1st in 125/203 137/252
%1st in 62% 54%
1st pts 96/125 93/137
%1st pts 77% 68%
2nd pts 40/78 66/115
%2nd pts 51% 57%

De Jong bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Cilic managed to score 16 aces (5.3 per match). De Jong won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks De Jong Cilic
Won 12 13
Converted 12/23 13/23
% Converted 52% 57%
Conceded 12 22
Saved 9 16
% Saved 75% 73%
Times Broken 3 6

Jesper broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Jesper dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Marin broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

De Jong
R1
Droguet 		R2
Misolic 		1/4
Ofner		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 17 16 29 62
pts 72-57 55-38 99-82 226-177
Total points 129 93 181 403
Winners 30 24 42 96
%Winners 42% 44% 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 5 9
Double Faults 1 1 2 4
1st in 41/67 31/45 53/91 125/203
% 1st in 61% 69% 58% 62%
1st pts 30/41 24/31 42/53 96/125
% 1st pts 73% 77% 79% 77%
2nd pts 14/26 9/14 17/38 40/78
% 2nd pts 54% 64% 45% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 4 5 12
Converted 3/7 4/5 5/11 12/23
Converted % 43% 80% 45% 52%
Conceded 3 1 8 12
Saved 3/3 1/1 5/8 9
Saved % 100% 100% 63% 88%
Times Broken 0 0 3 3
Cilic
R1
Taberner		 R2
Fucsovics		 1/4
Carreno-Busta		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-75 7-64 6-2 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 19 34 18 71
pts 63-46 117-103 79-63 259-212
Total points 109 220 142 471
Winners 19 46 28 93
%Winners 30% 39% 35% 36%
SERVE
Aces 5 6 5 16
Double Faults 1 2 4 7
1st in 28/55 70/114 39/83 137/252
% 1st in 51% 61% 47% 54%
1st pts 19/28 46/70 28/39 93/137
% 1st pts 68% 66% 72% 68%
2nd pts 17/27 26/44 23/44 66/115
% 2nd pts 63% 59% 52% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 13
Converted 4/7 5/10 4/6 13/23
Converted % 57% 50% 67% 57%
Conceded 4 8 10 22
Saved 2/4 5/8 9/10 16
Saved % 50% 63% 90% 68%
Times Broken 2 3 1 6

Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger

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