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.
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
37 - 5win/loss
2
1
| 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.
Marin Cilic
22 - 15win/loss
75
3
| 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)
.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.
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-65 7-67) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marin CilicCilic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction