Prediction Of Cilic Vs Svajda H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Hangzhou Open 2024?

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Cilic and Svajda are on the Day 1 Schedule at Hangzhou Open 2024 on Wednesday 18 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In their first meeting, Marin Cilic from Croatia, currently 35 years old and ranked 777th in the world, will be facing Zachary Svajda from the USA.

Cilic’s career highlights include reaching the semifinals of the 2010 Australian Open, which propelled him into the top 10 rankings, and reaching the final of the 2018 Australian Open, where he achieved his career-high ranking of No. 3. He won the 2014 US Open title by defeating Federer, but lost to him in the finals of the 2017 Wimbledon and 2018 Australian Open. Cilic also upset No. 2 Medvedev in the 2022 Roland Garros, becoming one of only four active players to reach the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events. He has 20 titles and 582 victories, including notable wins over No. 1 Djokovic at the 2016 Paris and No. 1 Nadal at the 2018 Australian Open. Cilic also won the 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati title, clinched the 2018 Davis Cup for Croatia, and earned a silver medal in the men’s doubles final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

It is worth noting that Cilic aims to secure his first ATP Tour win since January of last year when he defeated Carballes Baena at the 2023 Pune tournament. Throughout his career, Cilic has reached 36 tour-level finals, including two on Chinese soil in Beijing in 2009 and 2011.

On the other hand, Zachary Svajda, 21 years old and currently ranked 135th in the world, achieved his first ranking point at the

age of 15 in 2018. He broke into the top 200 in September 2023 after winning his second Challenger title in Cary and reached a career-high ranking of No. 102 in August 2024. Svajda’s biggest win came against No. 29 Cerundolo, allowing him to reach the third round of the 2024 Winston-Salem tournament as a lucky loser. He secured his first tour-level win at the 2021 US Open as an 18-year-old wild card by defeating Cecchinato. Notably, Svajda squandered a two-set lead in his tour-level debut at the 2019 US Open, making him the youngest player to compete at the event since Donald Young in 2005 when he was 16 years old. In his Challenger career, Svajda has a record of 56 wins and 40 losses, with four of those wins coming in finals. He won his first Challenger title in 2022 at Tiburon by defeating Ben Shelton. Svajda earned wild cards for the US Open by winning the USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships in 2019 and 2021. However, he lost in the first round of the 2021 Cleveland Challenger to 2018 USTA Boys’ 18s champion Brooksby and in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Wichita ITF to 2017 USTA Boys’ 18s champion Kypson.

Svajda is currently seeking his first tour-level win outside of American soil and aiming to reach the second round of a tour-level event for the fourth time in his career, having done so at the 2021 US Open, 2023 Washington, 2024 Delray Beach, and 2024 Winston-Salem tournaments.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cilic will win.
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