Marin Cilic vs Andreas Seppi — 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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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 24 October 2011
carpet
ITA
Andreas Seppi
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Cilic M.
4-6 7-6 6-4
Seppi A.
Cilic M.
471062
Seppi A.
66841

Marin Cilic defeated Andreas Seppi 4-6 7-6 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 5–4. Marin Cilic extended the head-to-head to 6–4.

Key context

Head to head

5–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-02-01Davis Cup WG R1: ITA vs CRORRclayMarin Cilic6-3 6-3 7-5
2013-01-14Australian OpenR32hardAndreas Seppi6-7(2) 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-2
2011-08-08Canada MastersR64hardMarin Cilic7-5 6-4
2011-07-25UmagQFclayMarin Cilic6-1 6-3
2010-10-10Shanghai MastersR64hardAndreas Seppi6-2 6-2
2008-10-26Paris MastersR64hardMarin Cilic7-6(5) 6-2
2008-04-11Davis Cup G1 R2: CRO vs ITARRhardAndreas Seppi6-7(7) 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1
2006-07-10GstaadR32clayMarin Cilic6-3 7-6(6)
2006-01-30ZagrebR16hardAndreas Seppi4-6 6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Cilic M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Seppi A.

Seppi A.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.Seppi A.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
78%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
49%
Service points won·Even
66%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
66%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
10.6
5.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.4
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Cilic M.Seppi A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
76
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
99
94
Break points won·Even
41
45
Deciding sets·Dominant
94
63
Tiebreaks·Dominant
87
32

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

Freshness

Recent load
Cilic M.Seppi A.
Freshness·
98
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Cilic M.
Tipsarevic J.
6-33-66-2
Semi-finals
Cilic M.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Tipsarevic J.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Tipsarevic J.
Starace P.
6-766-26-1
Bogomolov Jr A.
Lajovic D.
6-26-1
Cilic M.
Seppi A.
4-67-686-4
Youzhny M.
Mannarino A.
6-26-3
R16
Tipsarevic J.
Berrer M.
6-32-0
Cilic M.
Devvarman S.
5-76-16-3
Starace P.
Tursunov D.
6-26-4
Lajovic D.
Sela D.
2-66-26-1
Youzhny M.
Benneteau J.
6-43-66-2
Bogomolov Jr A.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-43-67-5
Seppi A.
Andreev I.
3-66-26-4
Mannarino A.
Rosol L.
6-27-65
R32
Mannarino A.
Simon G.
2-66-46-4
Youzhny M.
Stakhovsky S.
6-37-67
Cilic M.
Bubka S.
6-47-61
Seppi A.
Pospisil V.
7-57-64
Devvarman S.
Beck K.
6-26-3
Bogomolov Jr A.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-1
Andreev I.
Granollers M.
3-66-47-64
Berrer M.
Kukushkin M.
6-14-66-4
Tipsarevic J.
Rochus O.
6-27-5
Starace P.
Nedelko I.
6-06-1
Tursunov D.
Gabashvili T.
7-56-3
Sela D.
Dolgopolov A.
6-26-2
Lajovic D.
Chardy J.
6-46-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Berlocq C.
6-746-36-1
Rosol L.
Gulbis E.
6-36-4
Benneteau J.
Riba P.
6-26-1