Marin Cilic vs Ernests Gulbis — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
Marin Cilic
CRO
Marin Cilic
#62ATP
1800ELO
$776kYTD
$33MCAREER
37 yrs · 198 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2007
carpet
LAT
Ernests Gulbis
37 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWLWWWLLL
Cilic M.
6-4 6-4
Gulbis E.
Cilic M.
662
Gulbis E.
44–

Marin Cilic defeated Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-4 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The result followed the form book — Marin Cilic came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 32. Marin Cilic extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Marin Cilic edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayMarin Cilic6-3 6-3 6-3
2016-05-16GenevaR16clayMarin Cilic6-4 7-6(5)
2014-05-04Madrid MastersR16clayErnests Gulbis6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Cilic M.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Gulbis E.

Gulbis E.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Cilic M.

Serve advantage — Cilic M.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Cilic M.Gulbis E.
1st serve in·Even
58%
55%
1st serve points won·Even
78%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
47%
Service points won·Even
66%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
66%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
10.6
6.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Cilic M.Gulbis E.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
76
48
Break points saved·Slight edge
99
91
Break points won·Clear edge
41
17
Deciding sets·Slight edge
94
88
Tiebreaks·Dominant
87
6

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Cilic M.Gulbis E.
Freshness·
98
—

Cilic M.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Murray A.
Verdasco F.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Murray A.
Youzhny M.
6-25-77-61
Verdasco F.
Cilic M.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Youzhny M.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-4
Cilic M.
Gulbis E.
6-46-4
Murray A.
Tursunov D.
3-67-626-4
Verdasco F.
Starace P.
6-36-4
R16
Murray A.
Dlouhy L.
6-26-4
Tursunov D.
Pashanski B.
4-66-36-4
Cilic M.
Davydenko N.
1-67-56-1
Youzhny M.
Ancic M.
6-46-2
Kohlschreiber P.
Matsukevitch D.
6-16-1
Verdasco F.
Bolelli S.
6-46-4
Starace P.
Ledovskikh M.
7-646-2
Gulbis E.
Massu N.
6-16-2
R32
Tursunov D.
Melzer J.
7-667-60
Davydenko N.
Volandri F.
6-16-1
Massu N.
Gabashvili T.
3-66-36-4
Gulbis E.
Johansson T.
6-26-1
Cilic M.
Elgin M.
6-36-4
Ledovskikh M.
Kukushkin M.
7-56-3
Bolelli S.
Bjorkman J.
7-686-2
Matsukevitch D.
Kunitsyn I.
7-626-3
Kohlschreiber P.
Korolev E.
7-646-3
Verdasco F.
Eschauer W.
7-646-1
Murray A.
Mirnyi M.
6-26-2
Dlouhy L.
Chekhov P.
7-656-4
Pashanski B.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-666-4
Youzhny M.
Gimelstob J.
6-26-4
Starace P.
Vliegen K.
3-66-47-63
Ancic M.
Lapentti N.
6-46-1