Marin Cilic and Ignacio Buse will square off in the 1st round of the Menorca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on MENORCA CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.127
Ignacio Buse -> 5.3

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Ignacio Buse

There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Ignacio Buse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

7 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-1
Rank
75
High
3
LWWLWWWLWL
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

Ranked no. 118, Marin will start his run in the Menorca Challenger after he won the title in the Girona Challenger after beating 6-3 6-4 Moller in the final.

Marin has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Cilic has an overall 704-385 record. He has a positive 191-109 record on clay.

Previously in the Menorca Challenger

Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.

Menorca Challenger
Cilic's Record

Ignacio Buse

Ignacio Buse

6 - 9win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
1-2
Clay
5-4
Rank
105
High
105
LWWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-28 6-5 42-19 1-3 0-1 0-0
2024 47-28 3-3 44-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 35-19 7-3 28-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 13-8 4-2 9-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-4 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 215, the Peruvian will start his run in the Menorca Challenger after he played his last match in the Girona Challenger where he lost 6-2 4-6 6-0

to Misolic in the qualifications on the 25th of March.

Ignacio has an aggregate 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Peruvian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Peruvian has an overall 104-72 record. He has a positive 89-58 record on clay.

Menorca Challenger
Buse's Record

Tennis Scores in Menorca Challenger

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