Marin Cilic vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
Marin Cilic
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Marin Cilic and Rafael Nadal have met 9 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–2.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Marin Cilic has compiled an overall career record of 606–359 across 965 matches, translating to a win rate of 62.80%. On hard courts his record stands at 379–226 (62.64%), while on clay he holds a 141–95 (59.75%) mark. On grass the numbers read 82–33 (71.30%) , and on carpet 4–5 (44.44%). Throughout his career he has won 21 titles (16 hard, 2 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 38–103 (26.95%).
Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1080–228 from 1308 matches (82.57% win rate). His hard-court record is 518–151 (77.43%), on clay he stands at 484–51 (90.47%), and on grass he has gone 76–20 (79.17%) , with a carpet record of 2–6 (25.00%). He has accumulated 92 titles in total (25 hard, 63 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 186–105 (63.92%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 8 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 6–2 (75.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 1 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2019-08-26 | US Open | Hard | R16 | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 23 | Marin Cilic (22) | 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 5 | 169 | 11 | 6 | 57.0% | 83.0% | 47.5% | 1/3 |
| 2018-08-06 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 7 | Marin Cilic (6) | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 3 | 139 | 4 | 4 | 59.4% | 71.9% | 46.2% | 11/14 |
| 2018-01-15 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | 6 | Marin Cilic (6) | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 2-0 RET | 5 | 227 | 20 | 8 | 67.4% | 77.4% | 37.8% | 8/10 |
| 2017-10-09 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | SF | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 5 | Marin Cilic (4) | 7-5 7-6(3) | 3 | 131 | 4 | 2 | 72.2% | 76.9% | 60.0% | 3/5 |
| 2017-02-27 | Acapulco | Hard | SF | 6 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 8 | Marin Cilic (3) | 6-1 6-2 | 3 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 70.2% | 67.5% | 64.7% | 7/7 |
| 2015-10-26 | Basel | Hard | QF | 7 | Rafael Nadal (3) | 13 | Marin Cilic (7) | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 3 | 134 | 1 | 3 | 62.1% | 72.2% | 51.5% | 4/6 |
| 2011-05-08 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 23 | Marin Cilic | 6-1 6-3 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 68.9% | 80.6% | 64.3% | 0/0 |
| 2011-01-17 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 15 | Marin Cilic (15) | 6-2 6-4 6-3 | 5 | 151 | 3 | 3 | 72.9% | 79.0% | 47.8% | 2/2 |
| 2009-10-05 | Beijing | Hard | SF | 15 | Marin Cilic (8) | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 6-1 6-3 | 3 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 64.6% | 77.4% | 52.9% | 1/2 |