Head to head
6
Hard
1
2
Clay
0
2
Grass
0
Roger Federer's wins on the left · Marin Cilic's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (11)
| 2021 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Roger Federer | 6-2 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2 |
| 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | F | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1 |
| 2017 | ATP Finals | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1 |
| 2017 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-1 6-4 |
| 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Roger Federer | 6-7(4) 4-6 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3 |
| 2014 | US Open | Hard | SF | Marin Cilic | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 2014 | Canada Masters | Hard | R16 | Roger Federer | 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4 |
| 2012 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | QF | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2011 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 2011 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2008 | Paris Masters | Hard | R16 | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.