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Marin Cilic #14 def. Grigor Dimitrov #34

4-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 2016*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	7	7
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	44	67
First serve points won %	74	62
Second serve points won %	58	62
Break points saved %	25	33
Break points converted %	67	75
Service points won %	65	62
Return points won %	38	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	CRO	BUL
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	May 16, 1991
Age	27	25
Height	198	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	34
Ranking points (entering)	2,605	1,285
Elo (entering)	2,060	1,959
Career W-L	572–344	476–310
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 1 – 1 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	QF	Borna Coric	6-2 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2016	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2016	R64	Viktor Troicki	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2016	F	Andy Murray	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	QF	Steve Johnson	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2016	R32	Feliciano Lopez	5-7 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2016	R64	Gilles Simon	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data