H2H, PREDICTION Reilly Opelka vs Nikoloz Basilashvili | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. New York. Opelka and Basilashvili will play each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

Reilly Opelka and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Reilly Opelka who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.49
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 24, Reilly reached the 3rd round after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 7-63 6-4 6-4 and Lorenzo Musetti 7-61 7-5 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Opelka had a good straight sets win against Musetti (7-61 7-5 6-4). During the match, Opelka scored 110 points vs Musetti’s 92. Reilly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.

Regarding the service games, Opelka submerged his opponent with 31 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Reilly Opelka was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (60/73) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Opelka broke Musetti twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Opelka has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (184-139). 12-9 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Opelka has a compiled88-72 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Toronto.

Reilly has an overall 18-16 win-loss record in 2021, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

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

Opelka
U.S. Open
Opelka's Record

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 39, Basilashvili reached the 3rd round after beating Sebastian Korda 6-2 2-1 ret. and Maxime Cressy 7-63 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Cressy (7-63 6-3 7-5). During the match Basilashvili scored 110 points vs Cressy’s 90. The Georgean was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili scored 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was very efficient on serve to win 80% (51/64) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Georgean broke Cressy 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Doha where he overcame Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).

The Georgean has an aggregate 27-21 win-loss record in 2021, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2018. See his history.

Basilashvili
U.S. Open
Basilashvili's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Opelka
N.Basilashvili
!
4h:35
4h:35
Time on court​
2h:59
2h:59
!
2h:22
2h:22
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
2
2
Match played
2
2
68
68
Games Played​
45
45
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
221
221
Total points​
148
148
110.5
110.5
Avg point​
74
74
119
119
Winners
66
66
59.5
59.5
Avg Winners​
33
33
54%
54%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
64
64
Aces
11
11
!
32
32
Avg Aces
5.5
5.5
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
119/144
119/144
1st won total​
66/84
66/84
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
34/58
34/58
2nd won total​
28/49
28/49
59%
59%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
7/10
7/10
2/4
2/4
Avg BP won
3.5/5
3.5/5
50%
50%
Won
!
70%
70%
6
6
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
6
6
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Opelka Basilashvili
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 68 45
Pts 221-185 148-115
Total Points 406 263
Winners 119 66
%Winners 54% 45%

Both Opelka and Basilashvili played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Opelka and Basilashvili have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Opelka played 23 games more than Basilashvili. Reilly scored 119 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili made 66 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Opelka Basilashvili
Aces 64 11
Avg per match 32 5.5
1st in 144/202 84/133
%1st in 71% 63%
1st pts 119/144 66/84
%1st pts 83% 79%
2nd pts 34/58 28/49
%2nd pts 59% 57%

Opelka bagged 64 aces (32 per match). Basilashvili made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Opelka won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 79% 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 Opelka Basilashvili
Won 4 7
Converted 4/8 7/10
% Converted 50% 70%
Conceded 6 4
Saved 6 2
% Saved 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 2

Opelka broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Opelka very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Georgean broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Opelka
R1
Kwon		 R2
Musetti		 Total
Score 7-63 6-4 6-4 7-61 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 33 35 68
pts 111-93 110-92 221-185
Total points 204 202 406
Winners 59 60 119
%Winners 53% 55% 54%
SERVE
Aces 33 31 64
Double Faults 6 2 8
1st in 71/101 73/101 144/202
% 1st in 70% 72% 71%
1st pts 59/71 60/73 119/144
% 1st pts 83% 82% 83%
2nd pts 15/30 19/28 34/58
% 2nd pts 50% 68% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/4 2/4 4/8
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 2 4 6
Saved 2/2 4/4 6
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0
Basilashvili
R1
Korda		 R2
Cressy		 Total
Score 6-2 2-1 ret. 7-63 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 11 34 45
pts 38-25 110-90 148-115
Total points 63 200 263
Winners 15 51 66
%Winners 39% 46% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 9 11
Double Faults 0 5 5
1st in 20/32 64/101 84/133
% 1st in 63% 63% 63%
1st pts 15/20 51/64 66/84
% 1st pts 75% 80% 79%
2nd pts 7/12 21/37 28/49
% 2nd pts 58% 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/4 4/6 7/10
Converted % 75% 67% 70%
Conceded 0 4 4
Saved 0/0 2/4 2
Saved % – 50% 25%
Times Broken 0 2 2

Head 2 Head

Reilly Opelka
  • 0Slam
  • 4Main
  • 4Chall
  • 0Minor
Nikoloz Basilashvili
  • 0Slam
  • 5Main
  • 6Chall
  • 10Minor

Reilly
Opelka

1:0

Nikoloz
Basilashvili

Rank

50

High

17

1Hard0

Rank

109

High

16

Win Loss
Opelka
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Basilashvili
LWWWLWWLWL
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33 - 28
41 - 29
14-11
Hard
18-13
7-6
I Hard
9-3
5-6
Clay
9-10
7-5
Grass
5-3

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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