{"id":5592,"date":"2026-10-07T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/fr\/matchs\/arthur-fery-marin-cilic-prediction-2026-10-07\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:08:38","slug":"arthur-fery-marin-cilic-prediction-2026-10-07","status":"publish","type":"ba_match","link":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/en\/matches\/tennis\/atp\/arthur-fery-marin-cilic-prediction-2026-10-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai first round: Arthur Fery faces a Marin Cilic nobody has seen play since August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marin Cilic has not played an official match since 14 August, a three-set defeat to Daniel Merida in Cincinnati. Since then: a withdrawal from the US Open, a missed Davis Cup tie, seven weeks without competition. At 38, he resumes at the Shanghai Masters in the first round, against Arthur Fery, 24, ranked 37th in the world. The two men have never met.<\/p>\n

One practice session at Qi Zhong, and nothing more to go on<\/h2>\n

The injury came at the end of August: Cilic pulled out of the US Open<\/a> after injuring a hamstring at practice, with rest advised to avoid anything worse. One visible fact since: the tournament counted him on 3 October among the players on the Qi Zhong practice courts<\/a>, where he stopped for photos after the session. That confirms his presence and one training session; his match condition remains unknown.<\/p>\n

The Croatian press on 5 October is still repeating the basics, a comeback from injury and a first meeting with Fery, with no new medical statement<\/a>. His place in the draw is settled: he took the spot of Ethan Quinn, who withdrew<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Croat knows the place, though: thirteenth appearance at the Shanghai Masters, a semi-final against Nadal in 2017. In his four visits since, he has cleared the first round once, in 2025, after beating Basilashvili and then Djokovic. His season rests on an indoor semi-final in Dallas: 14 wins and 15 losses this year.<\/p>\n

Fery plays on, Cilic has watched since August<\/h2>\n

Arthur Fery lives the opposite. The British number one earned his first direct entry into a Masters 1000<\/a> on results alone: a Wimbledon semi-final, a final in Winston-Salem, a first main-draw win at this level in Cincinnati in August.<\/p>\n

Last week in Tokyo he fell in the first round to lucky loser Jaime Faria<\/a>, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6. One bad day against three months of competition in the legs: that is the simplest gap in this first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nArthur Fery<\/th>\nMarin Cilic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Age<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World ranking<\/td>\n37th<\/td>\naround 80th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard-court record 2026<\/td>\n13-8<\/td>\n6-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last official match<\/td>\n1 October, Tokyo<\/td>\n14 August, Cincinnati<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In Shanghai<\/td>\nfirst main draw<\/td>\n13th appearance, semi-final in 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What will decide the match<\/h2>\n