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Alexander Zverev #3 def. Marin Cilic #5

7-6(13) 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	7-6(13) 7-5
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Marin Cilic
Aces	9	6
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	75	71
First serve points won %	76	73
Second serve points won %	63	52
Break points saved %	50	78
Break points converted %	22	50
Service points won %	73	67
Return points won %	33	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Marin Cilic
Country	GER	CRO
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	Sep 28, 1988
Age	21	29
Height	198	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	6,015	4,770
Elo (entering)	2,147	2,072
Career W-L	528–215	572–344
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 4 – 1 Marin Cilic

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	David Goffin	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Kyle Edmund	7-5 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Matteo Berrettini	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2018	F	Rafael Nadal	1-6 6-1 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Benoit Paire	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Ryan Harrison	6-7(3) 6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data