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Juan Martin del Potro vs Marin Cilic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Juan Martin del Potro seasons:20222019201820172016
Marin Cilic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇦🇷 Juan Martin del Potro
🇭🇷 Marin Cilic
Age: 37y 233d (1988-09-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
980pts
#47
(1988-09-28) Age: 37y 228d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
11 - 2
Wins: 84.6% - 15.4%
Hard 6–2Clay 5–0Grass 0–0
Slam 4–1Masters 1000 4–1Davis Cup 2–0500 1–0
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
10.2%89.8%
+556-877

H2H Preview

🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro and 🇭🇷Marin Cilic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 13 times. Juan Martin del Potro currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 11–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro has compiled an overall career record of 439–174 across 613 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.62%. On hard courts his record stands at 311–119 (72.33%), while on clay he holds a 84–36 (70.00%) mark. On grass the numbers read 40–17 (70.18%) , and on carpet 4–2 (66.67%). Throughout his career he has won 22 titles (18 hard, 4 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 53–78 (40.46%).

🇭🇷Marin Cilic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 606–359 from 965 matches (62.80% win rate). His hard-court record is 379–226 (62.64%), on clay he stands at 141–95 (59.75%), and on grass he has gone 82–33 (71.30%) , with a carpet record of 4–5 (44.44%). He has accumulated 21 titles in total (16 hard, 2 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 38–103 (26.95%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 8 times, with Juan Martin del Potro leading 6–2 (75.00%). The clay record between them sits at 5–0 (100.00% for Juan Martin del Potro) across 5 matches.

At the Grand Slam level — where the best-of-five format adds an extra layer of physical and mental endurance — the two have crossed paths 5 times, producing a Slam record of 4–1 in favour of Juan Martin del Potro. These matches, often played in front of the largest tennis audiences, frequently prove decisive in shaping the broader narrative of a rivalry.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2018-05-28Roland GarrosClayQF6🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (5)4🇭🇷Marin Cilic (3)7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 7-5523019261.7%79.3%53.7%8/11
2017-10-23BaselHardSF19🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (4)4🇭🇷Marin Cilic (2)6-4 6-43977267.3%75.7%50.0%1/3
2016-11-25Davis Cup WG F: ARG vs CROHardRR38🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro6🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-7(4) 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-3529316357.1%79.6%47.1%2/6
2013-10-28Paris MastersHardR325🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (4)41🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-4 7-6(3)31092261.4%79.1%66.7%4/4
2012-05-27Roland GarrosClayR329🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (9)24🇭🇷Marin Cilic (21)6-3 7-6(7) 6-151524172.0%78.0%47.8%0/1
2012-05-06Madrid MastersClayR1611🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (10)22🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-2 6-43986061.4%82.9%54.5%6/6
2012-04-06Davis Cup WG QF: ARG vs CROClayRR10🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro23🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-1 6-2 6-15------0/0
2012-03-21Miami MastersHardR3211🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (11)23🇭🇷Marin Cilic (23)6-3 7-6(3)31084069.1%78.9%70.6%1/2
2011-08-08Canada MastersHardR3229🇭🇷Marin Cilic19🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (16)6-3 6-43844454.9%92.9%65.2%0/0
2011-05-01Madrid MastersClayR3232🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro19🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-3 6-03642165.7%91.3%58.3%0/0
2010-01-18Australian OpenHardR1614🇭🇷Marin Cilic (14)5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (4)5-7 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-3527820758.4%83.2%47.2%7/10
2009-08-31US OpenHardQF6🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (6)17🇭🇷Marin Cilic (16)4-6 6-3 6-2 6-151536466.0%80.6%43.8%4/7
2009-01-19Australian OpenHardR166🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (8)20🇭🇷Marin Cilic (19)5-7 6-4 6-4 6-251828366.7%69.6%54.3%7/10

Wins

Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic
11–2Overall
4–1Grand Slam
4–1Masters 1000
1–0ATP 500
2–0Davis Cup
6–2Hard
5–0Clay

Sets Format

83.3%5
16.7%1
Bo3
85.7%6
14.3%1
Bo5
83.3%5
16.7%1
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%3
0.0%0
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
100.0%5
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
75.0%3
25.0%1
After 3 hours
Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

Sets

75.0%30
25.0%10
All
70.0%14
30.0%6
Grand Slam
80.0%8
20.0%2
Masters 1000
65.4%17
34.6%9
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
92.9%13
7.1%1
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

Games

58.0%229
42.0%166
All
56.4%115
43.6%89
Grand Slam
58.8%57
41.2%40
Masters 1000
54.0%143
46.0%122
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.2%86
33.8%44
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

By Tournament Level

Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

By Round

Juan Martin del Potro
Marin Cilic

By Opponent Ranking

Juan Martin del PotroMarin Cilic
41.7%10-14
vs Top 1
13.3%2-13
34.8%31-58
vs Top 5
15.9%13-69
40.5%53-78
vs Top 10
27%38-103
51.7%107-100
vs Top 20
35.9%89-159
69.7%368-160
vs Top 100
58.6%454-321
83.3%70-14
vs +100
80%152-38
53.4%126-110
vs Higher
35.1%100-185
83%312-64
vs Lower
74.4%506-174

Opponent Breakdown

Juan Martin del PotroMarin Cilic
79.8%99-25
Vs Younger
63.1%231-135
69.5%340-149
Vs Older
62.6%375-224
71.7%378-149
Vs Right-Handed
61.6%516-322
70.9%61-25
Vs Left-Handed
70.9%90-37
71.9%312-122
Vs 2H Backhand
63.9%483-273
66.7%104-52
Vs 1H Backhand
56.2%104-81
70.8%396-163
Vs Shorter
63.8%570-323
78.6%22-6
Vs Taller
71%22-9

Pressure Situations