Marin Cilic and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 3 sets.
Marin Cilic -> 1.9
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cilic won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2021.
Marin Cilic
22 - 16win/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 Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Sinner in the 1st round on the 25th of September.
Marin has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he beat Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Cilic has an overall 719-398 record. He has a positive 258-154 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
38 - 27win/loss
110
16
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, Nikoloz reached the 1st round after beating Bernard Tomic 4-6 6-3 6-1 and Eliot Spizzirri 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Spizzirri (6-4 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 72 points vs Spizzirri’s 59. The Georgean was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 68% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Spizzirri 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Georgean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Nikoloz’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
Basilashvili has an aggregate 38-27 win-loss record in 2025, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Liam DraxlDraxl (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Billy HarrisHarris (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H and prediction