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John Isner vs Marin CilicPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

John Isner and Marin Cilic have met 7 times since 2015; Marin Cilic leads 4–3. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon in 2015 on grass. On hard courts they are level 2–2. On grass courts Cilic leads 2–0. Cilic has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Isner has taken 10 sets to Cilic's 11. Their most recent meeting: Marin Cilic won at US Open (2019).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches Β· Last 12 months

IndicatorIsnerCilic
Wins in straight setsβ€”72%
Wins a set when losingβ€”29%
Goes to a deciding setβ€”29%
Covers βˆ’1.5 sets as favoriteβ€”65%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdogβ€”50%
Tiebreak sets wonβ€”39%
Wins after taking set 1β€”82%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1β€”76%

Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample β€” read with care. Head-to-head: 3 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Isner 2, Cilic 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Isner

πŸ€– Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve
vs

Cilic

πŸ€– Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Matchup analysis

Both John Isner and Marin Cilic are πŸ€– Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 6,464 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.

Previous meetings

7 career meetings, newest first

Aug 31, 2019

US Open

H Hard Β· Round of 32

57
63
6678
46
Cilic

Nov 14, 2018

Nitto ATP Finals

H Hard Β· Round Robin

7762
36
46
Cilic

Mar 27, 2018

ATP Masters 1000 Miami

H Hard Β· Round of 16

7760
63
Isner

Jun 10, 2017

London / Queen's Club

G Grass Β· Round of 32

57
36
Cilic

May 15, 2017

ATP Masters 1000 Rome

C Clay Β· Quarterfinals

7763
26
7762
Isner

Nov 5, 2016

ATP Masters 1000 Paris

H Hard Β· Semifinals

64
63
Isner

Jul 4, 2015

Wimbledon

G Grass Β· Round of 32

6477
7866
46
7764
0121
Cilic

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches Β· Last 90 days

MetricIsnerCilic
W-L-1–3
Avg odds-2.27
ROI %--56.3%
Units P/L--2.25u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricIsnerCilic
Countriesβ€”1
Eventsβ€”1
Matchesβ€”1
Distanceβ€”0 mi Β· 0 km
Routeβ€”CHN

Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Isner
LLLLLLLL
L

Michael Mmoh

U.S. Open - New York Β· 2nd Round

63
64
637
46
677

Aug 31

L

Facundo Diaz Acosta

U.S. Open - New York Β· 1st Round

64
63
761

Aug 29

L

Jordan Thompson

Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati Β· 1st Round

657
627

Aug 14

L

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Abierto de Tenis Mifel - Los Cabos Β· 2nd Round

26
46

Aug 2

L

Rinky Hijikata

Abierto de Tenis Mifel - Los Cabos Β· 1st Round

62
764

Jul 31

L

Dominik Koepfer

Truist Atlanta Open - Atlanta Β· 1st Round

63
647
637

Jul 25

L

Alex Michelsen

Infosys Hall of Fame Open - Newport Β· Semifinals

667
46

Jul 22

L

Tommy Paul

Infosys Hall of Fame Open - Newport Β· Quarterfinals

46
63
764

Jul 21

Cilic
LLLLWLLL
L

Arthur Fery

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai Β· 1st Round

627
16

Oct 7

L

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati Β· 1st Round

63
16
16

Aug 15

L

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati Β· 1st Round

63
16
16

Aug 14

L

Frances Tiafoe

National Bank Open - Montreal Β· 2nd Round

75
26
26

Aug 5

W

Sho Shimabukuro

National Bank Open - Montreal Β· 1st Round

762
61

Aug 4

L

Daniil Medvedev

Wimbledon - London Β· 1st Round

16
26
46

Jun 29

L

Ugo Humbert

HSBC Championships - London Β· 1st Round

57
36

Jun 16

L

Daniil Medvedev

Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch Β· Quarterfinals

26
63
16

Jun 13

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ IsnerCilic ahead↓ Cilic

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won Β· Last 12 months Β· 40–40 matches

MetricIsnerCilic
Matches won-50%
Sets won-50%
Games won-50%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageIsnerCilic
Grand Slam02
ATP 50001
Other01
ATP Masters 100030

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceIsnerCilic
Hard22
Clay10
Grass02

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John Isner vs Marin Cilic FAQ

Marin Cilic leads the head-to-head 4–3 over 7 meetings.