Marin Cilic and Paul Jubb will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.23
Paul Jubb -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Paul Jubb
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Paul Jubb since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
14 - 9win/loss
85
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. 104, Cilic will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-2 6-1 6-3 to Cobolli in the 1st round on the 27th of May.
The Croatian has a composed 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Cilic has an overall 710-391 record. He has a positive 88-34 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Marin has never competed in this tournament before.
Paul Jubb
10 - 13win/loss
260
180
WLWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-14 | 2-4 | 6-6 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 26-13 | 0-2 | 12-7 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-13 | 19-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 7-9 | 10-4 | 12-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-13 | 48-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254, Paul reached the 1st round after defeating James Story 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(4) and Giles Hussey 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Jubb had a good straight sets win against Hussey (6-4 7-5). During the match Jubb scored 87 points vs Hussey’s 74. Jubb was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Jubb struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Paul Jubb lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Jubb put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Hussey 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paul started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Paul’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula.
Jubb has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Brandon HoltHolt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
