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Novak Djokovic #10 def. Marin Cilic #7

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Marin Cilic
Aces	8	12
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	64	67
First serve points won %	72	68
Second serve points won %	43	47
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Marin Cilic
Country	SRB	CRO
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 28, 1988
Age	31	29
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,445	4,085
Elo (entering)	2,243	2,128
Career W-L	1,122–223	572–344
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 13 – 3 Marin Cilic

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Milos Raonic	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R32	Adrian Mannarino	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2018	R64	Steve Johnson	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2018	F	Roger Federer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Pablo Carreno Busta	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Karen Khachanov	7-6(5) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R32	Marius Copil	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data