Frances Tiafoe def. Marin Cilic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 — Canadian Open 2026 R64

Match recap

Frances Tiafoe defeated Marin Cilic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the R64 of the Canadian Open 2026.

The break-point ledger decided it. Frances Tiafoe cashed 4 of 7 chances to Marin Cilic's 1 of 6, every one of them arriving after an opening set in which the No. 15 seed never earned a look. Set two turned the match. Tiafoe won every first-serve point he played in that set and broke in game 5 for 3-2, then game 7 for 5-2, while Cilic's unforced errors climbed from 11 in the opener to 18, then 25. The ATP No. 86 out-hit him 27 winners to 23 yet lost the points count 98-80. Cilic saved one match point, but Tiafoe converted the next, 2 hours, 15 minutes in, closing out a matchup with no prior meetings on record.

Match stats

Frances Tiafoe: 9 aces, 24 winners, 64% first serves, 2 double faults, 4/7 break points. Marin Cilic: 9 aces, 27 winners, 65% first serves, 4 double faults, 1/6 break points.

Profiles: Frances Tiafoe · Marin Cilic — Canadian Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Frances Tiafoe and Marin Cilic.