Marin Cilic vs Nuno BorgesPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Marin Cilic and Nuno Borges have met 3 times since 2021; Marin Cilic leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Millennium Estoril Open - Estoril in 2021 on clay. Across all meetings Cilic has taken 4 sets to Borges's 4. Their most recent meeting: Marin Cilic won at Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cilic | Borges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Marin Cilic | Nuno Borges | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 12/17 | 76% | 19/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 5/17 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 10/34 | 33% | 17/52 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 65% | 11/17 | 57% | 16/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 47% | 7/15 | 48% | 10/21 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 39% | 7/18 | 46% | 13/28 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 81% | 13/16 | 88% | 21/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 75% | 12/16 | 79% | 19/24 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cilic 0, Borges 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cilic
🤖 Servebot
Borges
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Marin Cilic and Nuno Borges are 🤖 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
3 career meetings, newest first
Jun 12, 2026
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch
G Grass · 2nd Round
Jan 7, 2026
Hong Kong Tennis Open - Hong Kong
H Hard · 2nd Round
Apr 28, 2021
Millennium Estoril Open - Estoril
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cilic | Borges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Marin Cilic | Nuno Borges | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 4/4 | 100% | 15/15 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 3/4 | 80% | 12/15 |
| 5 or more | 75% | 3/4 | 73% | 11/15 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 20% | 3/15 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 20% | 3/15 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/15 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–3 | 8–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.27 | 1.96 |
| ROI % | -56.3% | -15.8% |
| Units P/L | -2.25u | -2.36u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 1 | 3 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 663 mi · 1,067 km |
| Route | CHN | 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Cilic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Borges's 22%).
| Opponent | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Learner Tien | W 75 76 | L 46 16 26 |
| Brandon Nakashima | W 26 64 76 | L 36 76 36 |
| Frances Tiafoe | L 75 26 26 | L 46 46 |
| Moise Kouame | L 67 26 16 | W 64 62 |
| Daniil Medvedev | L 16 26 46 | L 46 76 26 |
| Ethan Quinn | W 76 63 | L 16 26 |
| Adrian Mannarino | W 63 62 | W 62 62 |
| Felix Auger-Aliassime | L 67 36 | L 36 63 36 |
| Marcos Giron | W 75 64 | L 67 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Arthur Fery
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 7
Daniel Merida Aguilar
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Daniel Merida Aguilar
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Frances Tiafoe
National Bank Open - Montreal · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Sho Shimabukuro
National Bank Open - Montreal · 1st Round
Aug 4
Daniil Medvedev
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Ugo Humbert
HSBC Championships - London · 1st Round
Jun 16
Daniil Medvedev
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · Quarterfinals
Jun 13
Jiri Lehecka
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round
Oct 10
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 8
Novak Djokovic
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Learner Tien
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Brandon Nakashima
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Andrey Rublev
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Francisco Cerundolo
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 39–60 matches
| Metric | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 48% |
| Sets won | 49% | 50% |
| Games won | 50% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 250 | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cilic | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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