Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic will square off in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 22^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.16
Marin Cilic -> 5.25

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic

This will be the 22^nd time that Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 19-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 9-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Tel Aviv back in 2022.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Marin Cilic – Tel Aviv 02-October-2022

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 5, Novak will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2 to Alcaraz in the semifinal on the 5^th of September.

Djokovic has a compiled 31-10 win-loss record in 2025, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Geneva where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 1256-258 record. He has a positive 558-94 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, he won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. See his history.

Marin Cilic

Ranked no. 94, Cilic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Cilic scored 69 points vs Basilashvili’s 57. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Cilic fired 17 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marin Cilic was quite effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cilic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Basilashvili once.

His best result of the current 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.

Marin has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen Zhang
  Zhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-19) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-0) – 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 – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction