Marin Cilic and David Goffin will face off in the qualifications of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.64
David Goffin -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. David Goffin

This will be the 10th time that Marin Cilic and David Goffin clash against each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Goffin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Goffin won 6-4 3-6 6-0 in the 1st round in Monte carlo back in 2021.

Highlights David Goffin vs Marin Cilic – Monte carlo 11-April-2021

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

25 - 18win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
2-1
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. 92, Cilic reached the qualifications after defeating Adam Walton 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-4 6-1). During the match, Cilic scored 63 points vs Walton’s 39. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cilic struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marin Cilic was very effective on serve to win 100% (19/19) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cilic broke Walton 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Cilic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (274-171). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has an aggregate 57-44 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame 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.

The Croatian has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Basel
Cilic's Record

David Goffin

David Goffin

15 - 23win/loss

Hard
10-15
I Hard
1-3
Clay
4-4
Grass
0-1
Rank
118
High
7
LWLLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-26 10-15 4-4 2-6 0-1 0-0
2024 47-28 24-11 7-7 9-7 7-3 0-0
2023 36-26 2-5 11-9 18-9 5-3 0-0
2022 34-29 7-13 14-5 9-9 4-2 0-0
2021 14-15 4-8 5-5 5-1 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 105, David reached the qualifications after defeating Francisco Comesana 6-2 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, David had a good straight sets win against Comesana (6-2 7-64). During the match Goffin scored 66 points vs Comesana’s 52. David was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Goffin recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, David Goffin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Comesana 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

David has an aggregate 15-23 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2014. See his history.

Basel
Goffin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Cilic
D.Goffin
1h:13
1h:13
Time on court​
1h:23
1h:23
1h:13
1h:13
Last match​
1h:23
1h:23
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
63
63
Total points​
66
66
63
63
Avg point​
66
66
19
19
Winners
30
30
19
19
Avg Winners​
30
30
30%
30%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
7
7
!
11
11
Avg Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
19/19
19/19
1st won total​
30/35
30/35
!
100%
100%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
17/24
17/24
2nd won total​
13/20
13/20
!
71%
71%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
3/9
3/9
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
3/9
3/9
38%
38%
Won
33%
33%
0
0
Conceded
1
1
0
0
Avg Conceded
1
1
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cilic Goffin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 21
Pts 63-39 66-52
Total Points 102 118
Winners 19 30
%Winners 30% 45%

Both Cilic and Goffin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cilic and Goffin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cilic played 4 games less than Goffin. Cilic scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 30 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cilic Goffin
Aces 11 7
Avg per match 11 7
1st in 19/43 35/55
%1st in 44% 64%
1st pts 19/19 30/35
%1st pts 100% 86%
2nd pts 17/24 13/20
%2nd pts 71% 65%

Cilic recorded 11 aces . Goffin recorded 7 aces . Cilic won 100% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Goffin won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cilic Goffin
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/9
% Converted 38% 33%
Conceded 0 1
Saved 0 0
% Saved 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 1

Marin broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Croatian had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Cilic
Q1
Walton
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-39 63-39
Total points 102 102
Winners 19 19
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 19/43 19/43
% 1st in 44% 44%
1st pts 19/19 19/19
% 1st pts 100% 100%
2nd pts 17/24 17/24
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Goffin
Q1
Comesana
Total
Score 6-2 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 66-52 66-52
Total points 118 118
Winners 30 30
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 35/55 35/55
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 30/35 30/35
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 13/20 13/20
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

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