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Marin Cilic #6 def. Kyle Edmund #49

6-2 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-2 7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Kyle Edmund
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Kyle Edmund
Aces	11	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	67
First serve points won %	90	65
Second serve points won %	56	48
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	75	59
Return points won %	41	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Kyle Edmund
Country	CRO	GBR
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Jan 8, 1995
Age	29	23
Height	198	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	49
Ranking points (entering)	3,805	992
Elo (entering)	2,116	2,002
Career W-L	572–344	113–120
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$6,073,157

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 1 – 0 Kyle Edmund

Path

Marin Cilic's path

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
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(0) 7-6(3)	W	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 28, 2018	F	Roger Federer	2-6 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kyle Edmund's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Nikoloz Basilashvili	7-6(0) 3-6 4-6 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Denis Istomin	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Kevin Anderson	6-7(4) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data