Reilly Opelka and Kevin Anderson will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on Court 13. 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 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.45
Kevin Anderson -> 2.84

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Kevin Anderson

This will be the 2nd time that Reilly Opelka and Kevin Anderson 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 played, Opelka won 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Atlanta back in 2016.

Reilly Opelka

Reilly Opelka

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Rank
50
High
17
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-28 14-11 5-6 7-6 7-5 0-0
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

Ranked no. 25, Reilly will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Sydney where he lost 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 to Murray in the semifinal on the 14th of January.

Reilly has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Sydney.

Talking about his overall career, Opelka has an overall 189-148 record. He has a positive 92-76 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. See his history.

Australian Open
Opelka's Record

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

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Rank
627
High
5
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 3-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0
2022 3-8 2-7 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 20-18 8-10 2-2 2-2 8-4 0-0
2020 10-10 4-4 2-3 4-3 0-0 0-0
2019 11-4 8-2 0-0 0-0 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 101, the South African will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Melbourne where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Munar Clar in the 1st round on the 5th of January.

The South African has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The South African has an overall 548-332 record. He has a positive 321-171 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2013, 2014 and 2015. See his history.

Australian Open
Anderson's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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