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Marin Cilic #6 def. Pablo Carreno Busta #11

6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(0) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(0) 7-6(3)
Loser	Pablo Carreno Busta
Duration	3h 27m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Pablo Carreno Busta
Aces	20	9
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	62	70
First serve points won %	81	63
Second serve points won %	50	56
Break points saved %	33	57
Break points converted %	43	67
Service points won %	69	61
Return points won %	39	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Pablo Carreno Busta
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Jul 12, 1991
Age	29	26
Height	198	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,805	2,615
Elo (entering)	2,064	1,920
Career W-L	572–344	277–232
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$17,658,380

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 1 – 0 Pablo Carreno Busta

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Ryan Harrison	7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Joao Sousa	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Vasek Pospisil	6-2 6-2 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Rafael Nadal	3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Pablo Carreno Busta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Gilles Muller	7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Gilles Simon	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Jason Kubler	7-5 4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data