Jannik Sinner and Marin Cilic will play each other in the 1st round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.024
Marin Cilic -> 13

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Marin Cilic

This will be the 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Marin Cilic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0

for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the Rubber 2 in 2 back in 2021.

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

37 - 5win/loss

Hard
18-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-2
Grass
8-1
Rank
2
High
1
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 58-6 24-3 11-2 15-0 8-1 0-0
2024 73-8 40-5 11-2 13-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 2, the Italian will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 to Alcaraz in the final on the 7th of September.

The Italian has a composed 37-5 win-loss record in 2025, 18-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title at the Australian Open where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 and at the Wimbledon where he overcame Carlos Alcaraz in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Sinner has an overall 383-126 record. He has a positive 156-48 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.

Beijing
Sinner's Record

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

22 - 15win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-9
Grass
9-2
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. 97, Marin will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 4-6 6-4 6-3 to Basavareddy in the 1st round on the 18th of September.

Cilic has a compiled 22-15 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the season was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he defeated Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he overcame Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-2 6-3.

In terms of his career, The Croatian has an overall 719-397 record. He has a positive 258-153 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2009 and 2011. See his history.

Beijing
Cilic's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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