H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Marin Cilic vs Benoit Paire H2H: 5-2

Marin Cilic holds a 5–2 lead over Benoit Paire in their ATP head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Marin Cilic leads 4–2 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Benoit Paire won the 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships first round 2-6 7-5 7-6(1).

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Marin Cilic
Croatia Age 37 Right-Handed 198 cm / 6'6"
H2H
5 – 2
7 main draw meetings
Benoit Paire
France Age 37 Right-Handed 196 cm / 6'5"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Benoit Paire #21 2-6 7-5 7-6(1) Marin Cilic #36 Match data Feb 26, 2020* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships ATP 500 Hard
Marin Cilic #39 6-2 6-7(6) 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) Benoit Paire #21 Match data Jan 24, 2020* R64 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Marin Cilic #5 6-3 6-4 Benoit Paire #52 Match data May 18, 2018* R16 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
Marin Cilic #7 5-7 6-3 6-2 Benoit Paire #42 Match data Feb 16, 2017* R32 ABN AMRO Open ATP 500 Hard
Marin Cilic #11 6-0 4-6 6-3 Benoit Paire #37 Match data Oct 6, 2016* R32 Japan Open ATP 500 Hard
Marin Cilic #12 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 Benoit Paire #22 Match data Feb 20, 2016* SF Marseille ATP 250 Hard
Benoit Paire #47 6-4 1-6 7-5 Marin Cilic #15 Match data Jan 5, 2013* QF Chennai ATP 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Marin Cilic #81 #3 5,155 2,199 578 350 62.3% 1 1 0 2 17 21
Benoit Paire #862 #18 1,805 1,951 240 294 44.9% 0 0 0 0 3 3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Marin Cilic Benoit Paire
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2005 0–1 0.0% #587 1,486 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2006 5–9 35.7% #170 1,498 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2007 12–12 50.0% #71 1,714 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2008 37–24 60.7% #23 1,908 0 1 — — — — — — —
20 2009 45–20 69.2% #14 1,991 0 3 — — — — — — —
21 2010 38–21 64.4% #14 1,856 0 5 2010 1–4 20.0% #152 1,586 0 0
22 2011 40–23 63.5% #21 1,966 0 6 2011 5–10 33.3% #95 1,603 0 0
23 2012 38–18 67.9% #15 2,004 0 8 2012 26–26 50.0% #47 1,781 0 0
24 2013 24–13 64.9% #37 2,005 0 9 2013 32–30 51.6% #26 1,786 0 0
25 2014 51–21 70.8% #9 2,130 1 13 2014 10–19 34.5% #118 1,718 0 0
26 2015 35–19 64.8% #13 2,064 1 14 2015 25–17 59.5% #19 1,924 0 1
27 2016 44–21 67.7% #6 2,135 1 16 2016 23–32 41.8% #47 1,716 0 1
28 2017 43–22 66.2% #6 2,055 1 17 2017 31–31 50.0% #41 1,785 0 1
29 2018 40–19 67.8% #7 2,053 1 18 2018 26–28 48.1% #52 1,811 0 1
30 2019 22–20 52.4% #39 1,912 1 18 2019 34–28 54.8% #24 1,818 0 3
31 2020 11–11 50.0% #42 1,841 1 18 2020 8–12 40.0% #28 1,709 0 3
32 2021 32–19 62.7% #30 1,928 1 20 2021 13–28 31.7% #46 1,659 0 3
33 2022 32–20 61.5% #17 1,953 1 20 2022 4–22 15.4% #179 1,594 0 3
34 2023 1–2 33.3% #672 1,933 1 20 2023 0–4 0.0% #117 1,585 0 3
35 2024 6–8 42.9% #179 1,827 1 21 2024 2–3 40.0% #415 1,508 0 3
36 2025 8–11 42.1% #73 1,825 1 21 — — — — — — —
37 2026 14–16 46.7% #81 1,748 1 21 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Marin Cilic Benoit Paire
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 2005 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2006 0 3 3 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2007 4 4 8 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2008 25 15 40 62.5% 5 6 11 45.5% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2009 34 13 47 72.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2010 28 14 42 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2010 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
22 2011 25 14 39 64.1% 13 7 20 65.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2011 3 4 7 42.9% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
23 2012 14 10 24 58.3% 15 6 21 71.4% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 2012 9 14 23 39.1% 12 10 22 54.5% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
24 2013 14 6 20 70.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2013 16 17 33 48.5% 13 10 23 56.5% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
25 2014 37 13 50 74.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2014 7 8 15 46.7% 3 8 11 27.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
26 2015 21 10 31 67.7% 7 6 13 53.8% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2015 12 9 21 57.1% 12 6 18 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
27 2016 34 16 50 68.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2016 13 20 33 39.4% 9 10 19 47.4% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
28 2017 19 15 34 55.9% 12 4 16 75.0% 12 3 15 80.0% — — — — 2017 17 18 35 48.6% 8 10 18 44.4% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — —
29 2018 24 13 37 64.9% 10 5 15 66.7% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2018 17 17 34 50.0% 5 8 13 38.5% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
30 2019 15 13 28 53.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2019 16 20 36 44.4% 15 5 20 75.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
31 2020 9 9 18 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2020 7 9 16 43.8% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2021 18 12 30 60.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 2021 7 14 21 33.3% 6 12 18 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
33 2022 20 14 34 58.8% 9 5 14 64.3% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2022 3 10 13 23.1% 1 10 11 9.1% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
34 2023 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2023 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — —
35 2024 6 7 13 46.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2024 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
36 2025 5 8 13 38.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2026 9 8 17 52.9% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 362 218 580 62.4% 128 91 219 58.4% 84 37 121 69.4% 4 4 8 50.0% — 129 165 294 43.9% 87 101 188 46.3% 24 28 52 46.2% — — — —

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 909/929 of Marin Cilic's and 532/534 of Benoit Paire's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Marin Cilic Benoit Paire
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 2005 1/1 2.0 2.0 50.8% 56.3% 45.2% 20.0% 50.0% 50.8% 33.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2006 14/14 5.4 3.5 54.6% 69.3% 48.4% 59.9% 29.1% 59.6% 34.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2007 24/24 7.0 3.5 52.6% 74.3% 48.5% 57.9% 51.0% 62.1% 36.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2008 59/61 9.3 3.3 53.6% 75.6% 53.2% 60.5% 38.4% 65.3% 37.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2009 65/65 7.8 2.7 56.6% 75.5% 53.6% 61.0% 38.2% 66.3% 40.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2010 59/59 7.2 2.5 58.1% 74.6% 53.5% 66.4% 43.0% 65.7% 38.0% 2010 5/5 14.0 6.0 52.0% 73.0% 44.6% 60.9% 36.7% 59.4% 32.3%
22 2011 62/63 7.0 2.6 54.7% 76.4% 54.7% 59.1% 44.6% 66.8% 38.3% 2011 15/15 5.7 3.6 51.3% 70.3% 45.8% 46.5% 42.7% 58.3% 36.8%
23 2012 54/56 6.2 2.7 55.5% 72.4% 53.2% 53.2% 46.7% 64.0% 40.4% 2012 52/52 7.4 4.5 51.7% 72.8% 46.8% 55.1% 38.9% 60.4% 39.6%
24 2013 36/37 8.4 2.4 56.4% 76.9% 57.0% 62.5% 43.3% 68.1% 38.6% 2013 62/62 8.7 3.8 52.4% 74.0% 47.2% 56.0% 41.6% 61.4% 38.4%
25 2014 71/72 10.4 2.8 56.9% 79.0% 50.9% 67.0% 39.5% 66.9% 38.0% 2014 29/29 9.9 4.5 51.5% 76.0% 45.2% 59.3% 40.4% 60.3% 35.9%
26 2015 54/54 12.0 2.6 58.8% 77.6% 52.0% 63.8% 41.8% 67.0% 36.8% 2015 42/42 7.5 4.0 52.4% 72.9% 48.6% 57.9% 46.7% 61.2% 38.6%
27 2016 62/65 10.4 2.4 55.4% 80.1% 54.7% 59.5% 40.4% 68.9% 37.1% 2016 53/55 7.9 4.7 49.6% 72.4% 46.1% 56.7% 40.9% 59.3% 37.0%
28 2017 64/65 11.3 3.1 58.5% 79.9% 54.9% 60.5% 42.7% 69.6% 39.7% 2017 62/62 8.3 4.6 52.3% 75.6% 46.2% 56.8% 47.3% 61.5% 38.8%
29 2018 58/59 10.2 3.1 58.8% 80.1% 55.1% 57.3% 40.3% 69.9% 38.1% 2018 54/54 8.9 5.5 51.0% 76.1% 44.4% 54.3% 42.8% 60.4% 38.2%
30 2019 41/42 9.7 5.0 58.3% 77.4% 47.7% 61.0% 41.9% 65.1% 35.0% 2019 62/62 9.8 6.6 51.7% 78.4% 45.7% 60.2% 41.1% 62.7% 36.9%
31 2020 21/22 10.0 3.8 59.8% 76.2% 50.1% 61.4% 33.4% 65.6% 35.7% 2020 20/20 9.8 6.2 52.9% 71.6% 43.2% 56.6% 39.1% 58.3% 35.7%
32 2021 49/51 11.1 3.9 58.2% 79.0% 49.9% 62.9% 38.5% 66.6% 37.0% 2021 41/41 8.5 7.5 52.9% 73.6% 40.1% 57.1% 43.9% 58.0% 35.8%
33 2022 51/52 11.5 3.4 59.9% 78.9% 52.2% 61.1% 41.2% 68.0% 38.0% 2022 26/26 7.4 7.8 50.9% 71.2% 39.3% 49.6% 31.7% 55.6% 34.1%
34 2023 2/3 9.5 3.0 65.4% 71.9% 42.9% 64.6% 21.4% 62.6% 33.9% 2023 4/4 10.8 9.5 54.2% 71.6% 41.8% 55.9% 33.5% 58.3% 33.3%
35 2024 14/14 12.1 4.0 56.2% 77.9% 50.3% 59.7% 54.3% 65.8% 33.3% 2024 5/5 6.6 7.2 57.5% 73.1% 39.0% 48.0% 37.5% 58.7% 38.4%
36 2025 19/19 8.7 2.8 57.0% 75.5% 50.9% 55.9% 35.8% 64.8% 30.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2026 29/31 9.1 3.2 58.6% 76.8% 48.4% 61.5% 37.2% 65.2% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 909/929 9.3 3.0 57.0% 77.1% 52.6% 60.9% 41.2% 66.6% 37.6% — 532/534 8.5 5.3 51.8% 74.3% 45.2% 56.2% 41.8% 60.3% 37.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Marin Cilic Benoit Paire
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 2005 1486 99.9 -3.62 -1.03 0.677 42.1% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.09 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2006 1498 111.3 -1.65 -2.46 0.850 47.4% -25 +64 — 37.1% -0.77 4–3 (57%) 2–4 (33%) — -0.29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2007 1715 126.8 -0.80 -0.10 0.954 49.3% -39 -98 -126 47.5% -0.11 5–4 (56%) 1–4 (20%) — +0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2008 1908 151.0 +2.06 +1.34 1.082 51.4% -11 -243 -142 57.3% +0.46 10–8 (56%) 13–16 (45%) — -0.68 2008 1471 97.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2009 1992 159.4 +3.31 +2.77 1.188 52.7% +28 -214 -200 64.9% +1.04 13–8 (62%) 14–16 (47%) — +2.37 2009 1493 103.4 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2010 1857 158.2 +2.35 +1.40 1.109 51.8% +72 +14 -102 58.6% +0.73 13–5 (72%) 11–19 (37%) — +1.24 2010 1586 118.3 -2.12 -0.94 0.796 46.5% -23 — — 33.3% -0.89 1–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.04
22 2011 1966 162.8 +4.08 +1.86 1.156 52.2% +25 -52 -198 59.6% +0.62 12–7 (63%) 14–9 (61%) — +0.09 2011 1603 123.4 -3.06 +0.10 0.882 47.5% -3 +27 — 35.0% -0.77 3–1 (75%) 2–5 (29%) — -0.13
23 2012 2005 160.0 +1.42 +3.57 1.123 52.2% -30 +11 -22 62.0% +0.74 8–3 (73%) 11–15 (42%) — +1.95 2012 1782 142.4 -1.71 +1.64 0.998 49.9% -102 -34 -102 49.6% -0.07 9–9 (50%) 11–14 (44%) — -0.08
24 2013 2005 157.1 +3.69 +2.41 1.208 52.9% +18 -88 +81 63.4% +0.90 8–5 (62%) 11–4 (73%) — +0.69 2013 1786 157.4 -1.15 +1.47 0.993 50.0% -35 +83 -99 53.3% +0.10 9–11 (45%) 16–12 (57%) — +1.43
25 2014 2130 169.3 +3.49 +2.72 1.150 52.3% +34 -173 -10 65.8% +0.76 13–9 (59%) 20–9 (69%) — -2.53 2014 1718 134.7 -2.95 -1.19 0.905 48.0% +51 +26 -117 42.3% -0.28 5–7 (42%) 5–13 (28%) — +0.67
26 2015 2064 160.5 +3.04 +1.34 1.114 51.7% +53 -93 +78 60.4% +0.54 12–8 (60%) 26–9 (74%) — +1.96 2015 1925 154.1 -1.52 +2.40 0.997 50.1% -34 +9 -319 55.0% +0.20 12–5 (71%) 9–3 (75%) — -0.04
27 2016 2136 171.9 +5.19 +1.67 1.193 52.6% +11 -180 +58 63.1% +0.86 11–8 (58%) 14–17 (45%) — +1.16 2016 1716 146.7 -3.57 +0.24 0.910 48.0% +10 +122 -135 43.2% -0.58 12–13 (48%) 10–13 (43%) — +2.19
28 2017 2055 166.2 +4.81 +4.38 1.303 53.9% -89 -3 +181 63.1% +0.91 10–12 (45%) 16–14 (53%) — +0.86 2017 1785 155.3 -2.05 +2.27 1.008 50.0% -17 +10 -39 51.7% +0.01 5–11 (31%) 17–9 (65%) — +1.95
29 2018 2054 170.8 +5.78 +3.23 1.264 53.3% -14 +7 +214 64.3% +0.99 9–10 (47%) 20–18 (53%) — -0.29 2018 1812 153.2 -1.98 +2.17 0.965 49.3% -13 -26 +8 48.6% -0.23 10–11 (48%) 16–12 (57%) — -1.92
30 2019 1912 154.6 +1.14 -0.18 1.003 50.4% +27 +85 +277 54.5% +0.15 5–6 (45%) 16–9 (64%) — +1.07 2019 1819 150.0 -1.37 +1.15 0.989 49.8% -72 +114 +30 51.9% +0.04 11–11 (50%) 16–13 (55%) — -0.26
31 2020 1842 146.2 +1.45 -0.54 1.037 50.2% +6 +126 — 45.5% -0.05 7–4 (64%) 4–8 (33%) — -0.50 2020 1710 127.4 -3.57 -0.47 0.857 47.1% -1 +130 — 45.3% -0.36 6–4 (60%) 4–7 (36%) — +1.03
32 2021 1929 146.3 +3.33 +0.85 1.108 51.7% -35 +4 +247 57.9% +0.43 13–8 (62%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.01 2021 1659 142.0 -3.78 -1.03 0.851 47.3% +15 +77 — 36.2% -0.96 4–9 (31%) 6–7 (46%) — +1.03
33 2022 1953 160.1 +4.07 +1.98 1.190 52.7% -43 +52 +215 60.6% +0.86 8–10 (44%) 11–11 (50%) — +0.30 2022 1594 131.2 -5.62 -1.88 0.767 45.2% +64 +14 — 28.4% -1.51 2–6 (25%) 4–4 (50%) — -0.83
34 2023 1933 104.1 +0.22 +0.03 0.907 49.3% — — — 40.0% 0.00 1–0 — — +0.03 2023 1585 113.0 -2.53 -0.35 0.797 46.6% — -8 — 25.0% -1.25 0–2 0–2 — -0.19
35 2024 1827 133.0 +0.92 -0.98 0.975 50.1% -8 — — 45.7% 0.00 2–3 (40%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.06 2024 1508 101.4 -2.39 -0.60 0.929 48.2% — — — 38.5% -0.85 2–1 (67%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.34
36 2025 1825 142.2 +1.69 -2.10 0.870 48.1% +3 — +327 43.1% -0.45 2–2 (50%) 3–5 (38%) — -1.90 2025 1493 96.9 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2026 1748 138.1 +0.73 +0.14 1.005 50.1% +67 0 +278 48.6% -0.11 4–4 (50%) 6–8 (43%) — -0.87 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2200 164.7 +3.06 +1.77 1.127 51.9% +6 -47 +77 59.1% +0.60 170–127 (57%) 230–214 (52%) 99.2 +0.53 — 1951 150.1 -2.39 +0.90 0.942 48.9% -20 +44 -71 46.6% -0.28 91–102 (47%) 120–117 (51%) 103.5 +0.96

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.