Marin Cilic and Ignacio Buse will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Madrid Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:30 PM on PISTA CENTRAL C.MADRID. 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 -> 1.34
Ignacio Buse -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Ignacio Buse
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Ignacio Buse play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Buse (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Buse won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in the Menorca Challenger back in April 2025.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 117, Marin will start his run in the Madrid Challenger after he played his last match in the Menorca Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Buse in the 1st round on the 2nd of April.
Marin has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Croatian has an overall 704-386 record. He has a positive 191-110 record on clay.
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.
Ignacio Buse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 13-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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. 213, Buse will start his run in the Madrid Challenger after he played his last match in the Menorca Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Gaubas in the semifinal on the 5th of April.
Buse has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Buse’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger and the Menorca Challenger.
In terms of his career, Ignacio has an overall 107-73 record. He has a positive 92-59 record on clay.
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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