Paris Masters 2024: Marin Cilic vs Arthur Fils preview, head-to-head, prediction and pick
Match Details
Fixture: Marin Cilic vs Arthur Fils
Date: October 28, 2024
Tournament: Paris Masters 2024
Round: First Round (Round of 64)
Venue: Accor Arena, Bercy, Paris
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard-court (Indoor)
Prize Money: €5,950,575
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSN
Marin Cilic vs Arthur Fils preview
One of the first-round matches at the 2024 Paris Masters will feature an interesting match-up between Former World No. 3 Marin Cilic and upcoming French star Arthur Fils. Injuries and surgical procedures have kept the Croatian player out of action for most parts of 2023, and 2024. Cilic has only played 11 matches in 2024, winning 5 of them. He last played at the Shanghai Masters, losing 4-6, 4-6 to Arthur Cazaux.
All of Cilic's five wins came at the Hangzhou Open. Entering the event as the World No. 777, the Croat turned back the years, winning against the likes of Zachary Svajda, Yoshihito Nishioka, Yasutaka Uchiyama, and Brandon Nakashima to reach the final. In the title decider, he won his 21st career title, winning 7-6 (5), 7-5(5) against Zhang Zhizhen.
2024 has seen one of the most promising players Arthur Fils make a name for himself, winning 35 of the 59 matches in 2024. Currently, he is playing at the Swiss Indoors event in Basel, where he has reached the semifinal and is slated to face Ben Shelton to reach his third final of the year.
Fils had two title runs in 2024, winning in Hamburg and Tokyo. In the former on the clay surface, he won against the likes of Jaume Munar, Laslo Djere, Holger Rune, and Sebastian Baez to reach the final where he secured a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1) win over home favorite Alexander Zverev. In Tokyo, he saved match points and won 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3 against compatriot Ugo Humbert in the final.
Marin Cilic vs Arthur Fils head-to-head
These two players are yet to play each other, and therefore the head-to-head is 0-0.
Marin Cilic vs Arthur Fils odds
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Marin Cilic vs Arthur Fils prediction
Before his injury absence, Marin Cilic was one of the most prolific performers on hard courts. The Croatian has reached 25 finals on the surface, winning 16 titles. Some of the former World No. 3's career highlights came on hard courts including winning the 2014 US Open (winning against Kei Nishikori in the final), reaching the final of the 2018 Australian Open (losing to Roger Federer), and winning the 2016 Cincinnati Open (winning against Andy Murray in the final).
Fils has a 56 percent win rate on hard courts in his career, with two finals on the surface. His only hard court title came in Tokyo this year, which the Frenchman won last month.
Given where the two players are at the moment in their respective careers, Fils will be that favorite in the upcoming match.
Pick- Fils to win in straight sets