Reilly Opelka and John Millman will play each other in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Reilly Opelka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.50
John Millman -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. John Millman

This will be the 3rd time that Reilly Opelka and John Millman face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Millman (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Millman won 7-6(4) 5-7 7-6(6) in the 1st round in London back in June 2021.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 36, Opelka got to the 3rd round after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 7-61 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Reilly had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (7-61 6-3). During the match, Opelka scored 74 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 62. Reilly was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Opelka struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Reilly Opelka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Elahi Galan Riveros once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Opelka has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (177-137). 4-6 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Opelka has an aggregate81-70 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Reilly’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Rome.

Reilly has a composed 10-13 win-loss record in 2021, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Washington
Opelka's Record

John Millman

Ranked no. 43, John reached the 3rd round after defeating Elias Ymer 6-2 7-68.

In the 2nd round, John had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-2 7-68). During the match Millman scored 85 points vs Ymer’s 73. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Millman made 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. John Millman lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Millman put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. John broke Ymer 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Australian has an aggregate 12-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Washington
Millman's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Opelka
J.Millman
1h:35
1h:35
Time on court​
2h:01
2h:01
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
74
74
Total points​
85
85
74
74
Avg point​
85
85
36
36
Winners
33
33
36
36
Avg Winners​
33
33
49%
49%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
3
3
9
9
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
36/43
36/43
1st won total​
33/47
33/47
!
84%
84%
1st won %
70%
70%
19/31
19/31
2nd won total​
16/37
16/37
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
1/3
1/3
BP won
5/9
5/9
1/3
1/3
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
33%
33%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
12
12
5
5
Avg Conceded
12
12
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Opelka Millman
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 21
Pts 74-62 85-73
Total Points 136 158
Winners 36 33
%Winners 49% 39%

Both Opelka and Millman played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Opelka and Millman have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Opelka played 1 game more than Millman. Opelka scored 36 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, John managed to score 33 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Opelka Millman
Aces 9 3
Avg per match 9 3
1st in 43/74 47/84
%1st in 58% 56%
1st pts 36/43 33/47
%1st pts 84% 70%
2nd pts 19/31 16/37
%2nd pts 61% 43%

Opelka struck 9 aces . Millman struck 3 aces . Opelka won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Millman won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Opelka Millman
Won 1 5
Converted 1/3 5/9
% Converted 33% 56%
Conceded 5 12
Saved 5 9
% Saved 100% 75%
Times Broken 0 3

The American broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Opelka was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. John conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Opelka
R2
Elahi Galan Riveros		 Total
Score 7-61 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 74-62 74-62
Total points 136 136
Winners 36 36
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 43/74 43/74
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 36/43 36/43
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 19/31 19/31
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/3 1/3
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Millman
R2
Ymer		 Total
Score 6-2 7-68
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 85-73 85-73
Total points 158 158
Winners 33 33
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 47/84 47/84
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 33/47 33/47
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 16/37 16/37
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 9/12 9
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Washington

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