Jul 7, 2025; Wimbledon, United Kingdom; Marin Cilic (CRO) hits a forehand against Flavio Cobolli (ITA)(not pictured) on day eight of The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

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Alexander Bublik vs Marin Cilic Head-to-Head, Preview, Predictions and Betting Odds for 2025 US Open Round 1

Marin Cilic to face off against Alexander Bublik in the 2025 US Open.

World No. 24 Alexander Bublik is set to face off against the veteran Marin Cilic in the 2025 US Open Round 1. While Bublik looks to end his unwanted losing streak against Cilic, the 36-year-old would certainly not make things easy for Bublik. So let’s break down their career stats and predict who’d prevail in this competition using the most accurate betting odds from BetMGM.

Things haven’t been easy for Bublik on the hard court this year. The 28-year-old has lost around 10 games on the hard court this year. However, apart from them, Bublik has been on an upward swing with 3 title wins in 2025. However, his relative lack of success on the hard court could turn this into a difficult matchup for the world No. 24.

Alexander Bublik 🇰🇿 is expected to go deep in the draw at the #USOpen
Here goes his season highlights: pic.twitter.com/agibmTRExT
— Asian Tennis Federation (@asian_tennis) August 25, 2025

Marin Cilic has slowed down a lot this year. With a 5-5 record in the ATP Tour, Cilic has just been able to stay in the competition. However, the 36-year-old did win a hard-court tournament in 2024. But it cannot be denied that time is slowly catching up to Cilic. And perhaps that’s why, despite a great record against Bublik, this US Open matchup looks difficult for the former US Open champ.

Alexander Bublik vs Marin Cilic Head-to-Head

Alexander Bublik and Marin Cilic have faced each other three times till now. Each time, Cilic has come out on top. Interestingly, this is the first time the two will have a face-off on a hard court. Bublik and Cilic have competed against each other in the 2020 and 2021 Rome Masters and then in London in 2022. So this’ll be the first time these two are standing on the opposite side of the court in 3 years

Year	Event	Round	Winner	Score
2022	London	Round of 16	Marin Cilic	7-6(6), 7-5
2021	Rome	Round of 64	Marin Cilic	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
2020	Rome	Round of 64	Marin Cilic	6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4

A man in red-hot form 🔥

Gstaad champion Alexander Bublik is up and running in Kitzbuhel! #GeneraliOpen pic.twitter.com/dJIKT6i3oc
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 23, 2025

Alexander Bublik vs Marin Cilic Career Comparison

Alexander Bublik	Category	Marin Cilic
24	Current Rank	62
24-15	YTD W/L	5-5
3	YTD Titles	0
176-165	Career W/L	593/342
7	Career Titles	21

Alexander Bublik vs Marin Cilic Match Prediction

Cilic’s unbeaten record against Bublik won’t be of much help. The younger Bublik looks to dominate Cilic. However, it won’t be an easy win for the 28-year-old, as his hard court weaknesses will be on full display against the veteran. As a result, after a hard-fought 4-set battle with perhaps one tiebreaker in between, it’ll be Bublik who’ll prevail.

Match Prediction – Alexander Bublik in 4 sets

Alexander Bublik vs Marin Cilic 2025 US Open Betting Odds

Alexander Bublik is a big favorite against Cilic. Here are the betting odds according to BetMGM.

Alexander Bublik win – 9/20
Marin Cilic win – 17/10

Total Sets 3 – 7/5
Total Sets 4 – 8/5
Total Sets 5 – 9/4
Total Games >39.5 – 4/5
Total Games <39.5 – 87/100
Set 1 Winner Bublik – 61/100
Set 1 Winner Cilic – 6/5

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