Reilly Opelka and Mitchell Krueger will play each other in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.37
Mitchell Krueger -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Mitchell Krueger
This will be the 4th time that Reilly Opelka and Mitchell Krueger play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Opelka won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2018.
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2019 | 38-25 | 19-12 | 5-7 | 12-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Reilly will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-1 3-1 ret. to Cerundolo in the 2nd round on the 25th of March.
Opelka has a compiled 13-6 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Dallas where he defeated Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 200-152 record. He has a positive 55-40 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 18-8 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, Krueger reached the 2nd round after defeating Matthew Ebden 7-5 6-1, Michael Mmoh 6-3 6-3 and Juan Pablo Varillas 5-1 ret..
In the 1st round, Mitchell had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (5-1 ret.). During the match Krueger scored 22 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 9. Mitchell was extremely aggressive to blast 6 winners.
About the serving games, Krueger managed to score 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mitchell Krueger conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 50% of his first serves in, winning 67% (6/9) of the points behind his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the 2nd serve. Mitchell was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pablo Patino-Samudio twice.
Mitchell’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Krueger has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
LLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Cristian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Denis KudlaKudla (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-74 7-65 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Max PurcellPurcell (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-60 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christian HarrisonHarrison (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Max PurcellPurcell (7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christian HarrisonHarrison (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – John IsnerIsner (6-4) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
