Reilly Opelka and Andy Murray will square off in the semifinal of the Sydney Tennis Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on KEN ROSEWALL ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andy Murray who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andy Murray is the pick to win this match.
Andy Murray -> 1.94
Reilly Opelka -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Andy Murray
There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Andy Murray since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-10 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 14-11 | 6-4 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 25, Opelka reached the semifinal after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-2 and Brandon Nakashima 7-64 6-2.
In the quarter, Opelka had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (7-64 6-2). During the match, Opelka scored 71 points vs Nakashima’s 54. Reilly was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Opelka bagged 17 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Reilly Opelka was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Reilly broke Nakashima twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Reilly started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Opelka has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (189-147). 2-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Opelka has a composed92-75 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Opelka has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sydney
Andy Murray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-18 | 13-10 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 2-0 | 5-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 135, the Brit got to the semifinal after defeating Viktor Durasovic 6-3 6-1, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-74 7-63 6-3 and David Goffin 6-2 ret..
In the quarter, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-2 ret.). During the match Murray scored 34 points vs Goffin’s 23. Murray was exceptionally aggressive to blast 11 winners.
About the serving games, Murray scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Andy Murray conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Murray put 49% of his first serves in, winning 65% (11/17) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Murray broke Goffin twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Andy has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Opelka | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 59 |
| Pts | 136-98 | 224-183 |
| Total Points | 234 | 407 |
| Winners | 59 | 87 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Opelka played 2 matches while Murray competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Andy Murray dropped 1 set while Reilly Opelka hasn’t lost a set so far. Opelka has played 3 set(s) less than Murray (4 vs 7). Therefore, Opelka played 21 games less than Murray. Opelka scored 59 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Murray bagged 87 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Opelka | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 13.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 66/108 | 115/202 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 59/66 | 87/115 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 50/87 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Opelka made 27 aces (13.5 per match). Murray bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Opelka won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Murray won 76% of the points on 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 | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 45% | 39% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Reilly broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Reilly pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Murray broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Opelka | ||||
| R2 Thompson |
1/4 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 71-54 | 136-98 | |
| Total points | 109 | 125 | 234 | |
| Winners | 22 | 37 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 52% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 17 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 23/52 | 43/56 | 66/108 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 77% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/23 | 37/43 | 59/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 86% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 8/13 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 62% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/5 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray | |||||
| R1 Durasovic |
R2 Basilashvili |
1/4 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-74 7-63 6-3 | 6-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 | 8 | 59 | |
| pts | 62-40 | 128-120 | 34-23 | 224-183 | |
| Total points | 102 | 248 | 57 | 407 | |
| Winners | 25 | 51 | 11 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | 32% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 72/123 | 17/35 | 115/202 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 49% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/26 | 51/72 | 11/17 | 87/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 71% | 65% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 30/51 | 12/18 | 50/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 59% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/12 | 2/3 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 67% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/9 | 2/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 78% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Daniel EvansEvans – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
