Reilly Opelka and Grigor Dimitrov will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.8
Grigor Dimitrov -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 2nd time that Reilly Opelka and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Opelka won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2021.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs Grigor Dimitrov – Toronto 10-August-2021
Reilly Opelka
Ranked no. 20, Opelka got to the 3rd round after beating Taro Daniel 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Daniel (7-5 6-3). During the match, Opelka scored 67 points vs Daniel’s 49. The American was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Opelka made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Reilly Opelka was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Opelka broke Daniel twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Opelka has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (186-141). 14-10 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Opelka has an aggregate90-73 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Reilly’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Toronto.
Reilly has an aggregate 20-18 win-loss record in 2021, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 28, Dimitrov got to the 3rd round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-4 6-2). During the match Dimitrov scored 68 points vs Altmaier’s 44. Grigor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Dimitrov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Grigor Dimitrov was very efficient on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dimitrov broke Altmaier 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Grigor’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in San Diego.
The Bulgarian has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2021, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Opelka | Dimitrov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
Pts | 67-49 | 68-44 |
Total Points | 116 | 112 |
Winners | 26 | 27 |
%Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Opelka and Dimitrov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Opelka and Dimitrov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Opelka played 3 games more than Dimitrov. The American scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor made 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Opelka | Dimitrov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 11 | 0 |
Avg per match | 11 | 0 |
1st in | 29/53 | 31/45 |
%1st in | 55% | 69% |
1st pts | 26/29 | 27/31 |
%1st pts | 90% | 87% |
2nd pts | 18/24 | 10/14 |
%2nd pts | 75% | 71% |
Opelka managed to score 11 aces . Dimitrov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Opelka won 90% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Opelka | Dimitrov |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 3 |
Converted | 2/5 | 3/6 |
% Converted | 40% | 50% |
Conceded | 0 | 2 |
Saved | 0 | 2 |
% Saved | NAN% | 100% |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Opelka pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Dimitrov broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Bulgarian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
Opelka | |||
R2 Daniel |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
Total points | 116 | 116 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 11 | 11 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
% 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
% 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
2nd pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Dimitrov | |||
R2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 68-44 | 68-44 | |
Total points | 112 | 112 | |
Winners | 27 | 27 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
% 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
1st pts | 27/31 | 27/31 | |
% 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
% 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
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- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-67 7-63) – See score progression
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- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
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- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-1) – H2H and prediction
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