H2H, PREDICTION Reilly Opelka vs Grigor Dimitrov | Indian Wells odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Grigor Dimitrov

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.

See updated oddsAs 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.

Opelka
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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).

Dimitrov
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Opelka
G.Dimitrov
1h:29
1h:29
Time on court​
1h:26
1h:26
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
67
67
Total points​
68
68
67
67
Avg point​
68
68
26
26
Winners
27
27
26
26
Avg Winners​
27
27
39%
39%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
0
0
!
11
11
Avg Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
26/29
26/29
1st won total​
27/31
27/31
!
90%
90%
1st won %
!
87%
87%
18/24
18/24
2nd won total​
10/14
10/14
!
75%
75%
2nd won %
!
71%
71%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
3/6
3/6
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
40%
40%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
2
2
0
0
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
2
2

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

Win Loss
Opelka
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Dimitrov
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2024 2023 2022
6 - 10
45 - 17
2-8
Hard
21-7
1-1
I Hard
12-4
0-0
Clay
8-4
3-1
Grass
4-2

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