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Marin Cilic #5 def. Benoit Paire #52

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2018*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Benoit Paire
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Benoit Paire
Aces	4	4
Double faults	0	7
First serve %	61	35
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	64	45
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	72	54
Return points won %	46	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Benoit Paire
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	May 8, 1989
Age	29	29
Height	198	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	52
Ranking points (entering)	4,770	975
Elo (entering)	2,054	1,841
Career W-L	572–344	239–293
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$10,544,721

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 4 – 1 Benoit Paire

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Ryan Harrison	6-7(3) 6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Diego Schwartzman	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2018	R64	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data