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Jurgen Melzer vs Marin Cilic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jurgen Melzer seasons:20182017201620152014
Marin Cilic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇦🇹 Jurgen Melzer
🇭🇷 Marin Cilic
Age: 44y 357d (1981-05-22)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
980pts
#47
(1988-09-28) Age: 37y 228d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
3 - 7
Wins: 30.0% - 70.0%
Hard 2–5Clay 1–0Grass 0–2
Slam 0–1250 1–4500 1–1Olympics 0–1Masters 1000 1–0
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.5%90.5%
+591-956

H2H Preview

🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer and 🇭🇷Marin Cilic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 10 times. Marin Cilic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer has compiled an overall career record of 350–334 across 684 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 180–173 (50.99%), while on clay he holds a 123–114 (51.90%) mark. On grass the numbers read 39–35 (52.70%) , and on carpet 8–12 (40.00%). Throughout his career he has won 5 titles (4 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–60 (17.81%).

🇭🇷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 7 times, with Marin Cilic leading 5–2 (71.43%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Jurgen Melzer) across 1 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Marin Cilic).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2014-05-11Rome MastersClayR3267🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer26🇭🇷Marin Cilic6-2 6-7(5) 6-331424071.3%74.6%51.9%1/2
2013-02-04ZagrebHardF12🇭🇷Marin Cilic (1)29🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (4)6-3 6-13678070.7%79.3%83.3%0/0
2012-07-25London OlympicsGrassR6415🇭🇷Marin Cilic (13)36🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer7-6(5) 6-23------0/0
2011-02-07RotterdamHardR1628🇭🇷Marin Cilic11🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (5)6-2 6-43722251.9%81.5%64.0%1/1
2010-02-22DubaiHardQF31🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer9🇭🇷Marin Cilic (6)7-6(8) 7-5312511362.0%70.2%57.1%4/6
2010-02-01ZagrebHardSF10🇭🇷Marin Cilic (1)32🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (3)7-6(5) 6-431107162.3%86.0%57.7%5/6
2009-10-26ViennaHardF35🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (7)13🇭🇷Marin Cilic (1)6-4 6-33931154.1%72.7%60.7%5/5
2008-08-17New HavenHardR1631🇭🇷Marin Cilic (6)48🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (11)5-7 6-4 7-531578653.1%71.0%55.7%11/13
2008-06-09Queen's ClubGrassR6456🇭🇷Marin Cilic81🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer7-6(2) 7-6(5)3969363.1%81.1%61.3%4/5
2008-01-14Australian OpenHardR6457🇭🇷Marin Cilic71🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer6-4 6-3 6-451167153.3%71.4%67.4%1/2

Wins

Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic
3–7Overall
0–1Grand Slam
1–0Masters 1000
1–1ATP 500
1–4ATP 250
0–1Olympics
2–5Hard
1–0Clay
0–2Grass

Sets Format

33.3%3
66.7%6
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
28.6%2
71.4%5
2 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
40.0%2
60.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

Sets

30.4%7
69.6%16
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
66.7%2
33.3%1
Masters 1000
31.3%5
68.8%11
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%4
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

Games

46.1%111
53.9%130
All
37.9%11
62.1%18
Grand Slam
60.0%18
40.0%12
Masters 1000
44.5%73
55.5%91
Hard
42.6%20
57.4%27
Grass
60.0%18
40.0%12
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

By Tournament Level

Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

By Round

Jurgen Melzer
Marin Cilic

By Opponent Ranking

Jurgen MelzerMarin Cilic
50%1-1
vs Top 1
13.3%2-13
16.7%5-25
vs Top 5
15.9%13-69
17.8%13-60
vs Top 10
27%38-103
26.6%38-105
vs Top 20
35.9%89-159
46.9%246-279
vs Top 100
58.6%454-321
65.4%104-55
vs +100
80%152-38
36.8%112-192
vs Higher
35.1%100-185
62.6%238-142
vs Lower
74.4%506-174

Opponent Breakdown

Jurgen MelzerMarin Cilic
48.9%222-232
Vs Younger
63.1%231-135
55.7%128-102
Vs Older
62.6%375-224
50.3%299-296
Vs Right-Handed
61.6%516-322
56.8%50-38
Vs Left-Handed
70.9%90-37
47.2%202-226
Vs 2H Backhand
63.9%483-273
57.1%108-81
Vs 1H Backhand
56.2%104-81
53.6%90-78
Vs Shorter
63.8%570-323
50.6%201-196
Vs Taller
71%22-9

Pressure Situations