Marin Cilic and Pol Martin Tiffon will square off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.21
Pol Martin Tiffon -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Pol Martin Tiffon

There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Pol Martin Tiffon since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

12 - 7win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-5
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. 104, Cilic got to the qualifications after beating Yibing Wu 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-2 6-3). During the match, Cilic scored 65 points vs Wu’s 45. Marin was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cilic bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marin Cilic was pretty effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Wu 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Cilic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (261-160). 10-5 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has a composed 63-36 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he defeated Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Cilic's Record

Pol Martin Tiffon

Pol Martin Tiffon

13 - 9win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
1-2
Clay
9-5
Rank
370
High
197
LLWLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-23 3-4 17-16 1-2 0-1 0-0
2024 69-27 4-2 65-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 36-25 5-2 30-20 1-3 0-0 0-0
2022 38-20 0-1 38-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 39-27 0-0 39-27 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 208, Martin got to the qualifications after beating Moise Kouame 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Kouame, Martin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Martin scored less points (1) than Kouame. In fact, the world no. 104 won 98 points vs Kouame’s. That means that Martin was more focused during the important points. Martin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Martin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pol Martin Tiffon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 61% (44/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Kouame 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Martin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Badalona and the Menorca Challenger.

Martin has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

French Open
Martin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Cilic
P.Martin Tiffon
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
!
2h:13
2h:13
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:13
2h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
27
27
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
65
65
Total points​
98
98
65
65
Avg point​
98
98
24
24
Winners
44
44
24
24
Avg Winners​
44
44
37%
37%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
5
5
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
24/27
24/27
1st won total​
44/72
44/72
!
89%
89%
1st won %
61%
61%
11/19
11/19
2nd won total​
22/41
22/41
58%
58%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
BP won
3/9
3/9
4/10
4/10
Avg BP won
3/9
3/9
40%
40%
Won
33%
33%
3
3
Conceded
9
9
3
3
Avg Conceded
9
9
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cilic Martin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 27
Pts 65-45 98-99
Total Points 110 197
Winners 24 44
%Winners 37% 45%

Both Cilic and Martin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Pol Martin Tiffon conceded 1 set while Marin Cilic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set(s) less than Martin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cilic played 10 games less than Martin. The Croatian scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Pol managed to score 44 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cilic Martin
Aces 5 2
Avg per match 5 2
1st in 27/46 72/113
%1st in 59% 64%
1st pts 24/27 44/72
%1st pts 89% 61%
2nd pts 11/19 22/41
%2nd pts 58% 54%

Cilic made 5 aces . Martin blasted 2 aces . Cilic won 89% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Martin won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cilic Martin
Won 4 3
Converted 4/10 3/9
% Converted 40% 33%
Conceded 3 9
Saved 3 6
% Saved 100% 67%
Times Broken 0 3

Cilic broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Croatian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Pol broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Cilic
Q1
Wu
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 65-45 65-45
Total points 110 110
Winners 24 24
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 27/46 27/46
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 24/27 24/27
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 11/19 11/19
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Martin
Q1
Kouame
Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 98-99 98-99
Total points 197 197
Winners 44 44
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 72/113 72/113
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 44/72 44/72
% 1st pts 61% 61%
2nd pts 22/41 22/41
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 6/9 6
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores – French Open

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