Head to head
6
Hard
2
1
Clay
0
Rafael Nadal'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 (9)
| 2019 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 2018 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Marin Cilic | 3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 2-0 RET |
| 2017 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 7-5 7-6(3) |
| 2017 | Acapulco | Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2015 | Basel | Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | 4-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 2011 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 2009 | Beijing | Hard | SF | Marin Cilic | 6-1 6-3 |
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.