Stefanos Tsitsipas and Reilly Opelka will face off in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5 pm on Court 17. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.41
Reilly Opelka -> 2.82

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Reilly Opelka

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 6, Stefanos got to the quarter after beating Kevin Anderson 6-1 6-3 and John Isner 7-62 7-64.

In the 3rd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Isner (7-62 7-64). During the match Tsitsipas scored 83 points vs Isner’s 75. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stefanos hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a weak win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 36% of his matches (365-209). 8-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 288-138 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the season was managing to win the title in Marseille where he defeated Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Greek has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in New York

Tsitsipas didn’t compete in New York in 2019.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 39, the American reached the quarter after defeating Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 7-64 and Matteo Berrettini 6-3 7-64.

In the 3rd round, Reilly had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (6-3 7-64). During the match Opelka scored 62 points vs Berrettini’s 49. Opelka was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Opelka fired 19 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Reilly Opelka was extremely effective on serve to win 94% (33/35) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Reilly was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Berrettini once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Opelka hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Opelka has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (341-247). 8-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Opelka has a 176-121 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the year was managing to win the title in Delray Beach where he overcame Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2.

Opelka has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in New York

Opelka lost in the 2nd round 6-4 6-4 7-62 to Dominik Koepfer.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tsitsipas Opelka
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 42 63
Pts 143-116 195-172
Total Points 259 367
Winners 63 96
%Winners 44% 49%

Tsitsipas played 2 matches while Opelka competed in 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Tsitsipas has played 2 set(s) less than Opelka (4 vs 6). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 21 games less than Opelka. Stefanos scored 63 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 96 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tsitsipas Opelka
Aces 13 50
Avg per match 6.5 16.7
1st in 77/130 117/199
%1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 63/77 96/117
%1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 34/53 47/82
%2nd pts 64% 57%

Tsitsipas scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Opelka struck 50 aces (16.7 per match). Tsitsipas won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tsitsipas Opelka
Won 4 6
Converted 4/8 6/9
% Converted 50% 67%
Conceded 5 9
Saved 5 7
% Saved 100% 78%
Times Broken 0 2

Stefanos broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Greek pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Opelka broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Opelka conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
R2
Anderson		 R3
Isner		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 7-62 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 26 42
pts 60-41 83-75 143-116
Total points 101 158 259
Winners 25 38 63
%Winners 42% 46% 44%
SERVE
Aces 3 10 13
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 32/52 45/78 77/130
% 1st in 62% 58% 59%
1st pts 25/32 38/45 63/77
% 1st pts 78% 84% 82%
2nd pts 11/20 23/33 34/53
% 2nd pts 55% 70% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 0 4
Converted 4/6 0/2 4/8
Converted % 67% 0% 50%
Conceded 3 2 5
Saved 3/3 2/2 5
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0
Opelka
R1
Norrie		 R2
Schwartzman		 R3
Berrettini		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-3 7-64 6-3 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 22 22 63
pts 60-53 73-70 62-49 195-172
Total points 113 143 111 367
Winners 30 33 33 96
%Winners 50% 45% 53% 49%
SERVE
Aces 18 13 19 50
Double Faults 3 6 1 10
1st in 41/64 41/77 35/58 117/199
% 1st in 64% 53% 60% 59%
1st pts 30/41 33/41 33/35 96/117
% 1st pts 73% 80% 94% 82%
2nd pts 15/23 16/36 16/23 47/82
% 2nd pts 65% 44% 70% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 3 1 6
Converted 2/4 3/4 1/1 6/9
Converted % 50% 75% 100% 67%
Conceded 2 7 0 9
Saved 2/2 5/7 0/0 7
Saved % 100% 71% – 86%
Times Broken 0 2 0 2

Tennis Scores in New York

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