Borna Coric and Reilly Opelka will face off in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.909
Reilly Opelka -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Reilly Opelka

This will be the 2nd time that Borna Coric and Reilly Opelka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0

for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

Borna Coric

Ranked no. 27, Borna got to the quarter after defeating Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-62 and Roman Safiullin 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-3 7-5). During the match Coric scored 76 points vs Safiullin’s 65. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Coric bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Borna Coric lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Coric put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Coric broke Safiullin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Coric has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (273-181). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coric has a 39-34 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Coric’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Rio de Janeiro.

Coric has a 12-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in St. Petersburg

Borna lost in the final to Daniil Medvedev.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 36, Reilly got to the quarter after beating Nino Serdarusic 3-6 7-65 6-2 and Daniil Medvedev 2-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Medvedev, Reilly recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4).-79) than Medvedev. In fact, the world no. 27 won 79 points vs Medvedev’s. That means that Opelka was more focused during the important points. Reilly was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Opelka struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Reilly Opelka lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Opelka put 68% of his first serves in, winning 79% (53/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (11/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Medvedev twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Opelka has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 49% of the points he played.

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

The American has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in St. Petersburg

Reilly didn’t play in St. Petersburg in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Coric Opelka
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 43 60
Pts 151-123 157-162
Total Points 274 319
Winners 69 102
%Winners 46% 65%

Both Coric and Opelka played 2 matches. At the moment, Reilly Opelka lost 2 sets while Borna Coric hasn’t lost a set so far. Coric has played 2 set(s) less than Opelka (4 vs 6). Therefore, Coric played 17 games less than Opelka. Coric scored 69 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Reilly recorded 102 winners (65%).

Serve Performance

Serve Coric Opelka
Aces 16 37
Avg per match 8 18.5
1st in 90/129 121/169
%1st in 70% 72%
1st pts 69/90 102/121
%1st pts 77% 84%
2nd pts 23/39 21/48
%2nd pts 59% 44%

Coric recorded 16 aces (8 per match). Opelka made 37 aces (18.5 per match). Coric won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Coric Opelka
Won 6 4
Converted 6/13 4/7
% Converted 46% 57%
Conceded 8 10
Saved 6 7
% Saved 75% 70%
Times Broken 2 3

The Croatian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Borna surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Opelka conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Coric
R1
Lopez		 R2
Safiullin		 Total
Score 6-3 7-62 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 21 43
pts 75-58 76-65 151-123
Total points 133 141 274
Winners 33 36 69
%Winners 44% 47% 46%
SERVE
Aces 12 4 16
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 40/54 50/75 90/129
% 1st in 74% 67% 70%
1st pts 33/40 36/50 69/90
% 1st pts 83% 72% 77%
2nd pts 12/14 11/25 23/39
% 2nd pts 86% 44% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/5 4/8 6/13
Converted % 40% 50% 46%
Conceded 0 8 8
Saved 0/0 6/8 6
Saved % – 75% 38%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Opelka
R1
Serdarusic		 R2
Medvedev		 Total
Score 3-6 7-65 6-2 2-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 30 30 60
pts 78-71 79-91 157-162
Total points 149 170 319
Winners 49 53 102
%Winners 63% 67% 65%
SERVE
Aces 26 11 37
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 54/70 67/99 121/169
% 1st in 77% 68% 72%
1st pts 49/54 53/67 102/121
% 1st pts 91% 79% 84%
2nd pts 10/16 11/32 21/48
% 2nd pts 63% 34% 44%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/3 2/4 4/7
Converted % 67% 50% 57%
Conceded 1 9 10
Saved 0/1 7/9 7
Saved % 0% 78% 39%
Times Broken 1 2 3

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