Marin Cilic vs Steve JohnsonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Marin Cilic and Steve Johnson have met 6 times since 2015; Marin Cilic leads 5–1. Their first meeting came at Tokyo in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Cilic leads 2–1. On grass courts Cilic leads 2–0. Across all meetings Cilic has taken 12 sets to Johnson's 3. Their most recent meeting: Steve Johnson won at Cologne 2 (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cilic | Johnson | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Marin Cilic | Steve Johnson | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 14/19 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 5/20 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 10/39 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 65% | 11/17 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 48% | 10/21 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 42% | 8/19 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 15/18 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | — | |
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 — read with care. Head-to-head: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cilic 2, Johnson 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cilic
🤖 Servebot
Johnson
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Marin Cilic and Steve Johnson are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,568 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
6 career meetings, newest first
Oct 10, 2020
Cologne 2
H Hard · Round of 32
Jun 1, 2018
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 32
Oct 11, 2017
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai
H Hard · Round of 16
Jul 8, 2017
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 32
Jun 13, 2016
London / Queen's Club
G Grass · Quarterfinals
Oct 8, 2015
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cilic | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.30 | - |
| ROI % | -34.5% | - |
| Units P/L | -2.76u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cilic | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 712 mi · 1,146 km | — |
| Route | CAN → USA | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Daniel Merida Aguilar
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
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
Nuno Borges
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 2nd Round
Jun 12
Denis Shapovalov
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 8
Emilio Nava
ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 4
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Los Cabos · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 17
Christopher Eubanks
Dallas · Round of 32
Feb 6
Terence Atmane
Dallas · 2nd Round Qualifying
Feb 5
Timo Stodder
Dallas · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 4
Michael Mmoh
Charlottesville · Round of 32
Oct 31
Nishesh Basavareddy
Fairfield · Semifinals
Oct 14
Christian Harrison
Fairfield · Quarterfinals
Oct 13
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–44 matches
| Metric | Cilic | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | - |
| Sets won | 48% | - |
| Games won | 50% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cilic | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| ATP 500 | 2 | 0 |
| ATP 250 | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cilic | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 2 | 0 |
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