Reilly Opelka and Gijs Brouwer will face off in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 2 sets.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.26
Gijs Brouwer -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Gijs Brouwer
There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Gijs Brouwer 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 | 7-9 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 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. 18, Reilly reached the quarter after beating Mitchell Krueger 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Krueger, Opelka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Opelka scored 84 points vs Krueger’s 76. Reilly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Opelka managed to score 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Reilly Opelka was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Reilly was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Krueger 3 times.
Opelka has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (201-152). 1-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Opelka has an aggregate56-40 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Dallas where he overcame Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(3).
Opelka has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-27 | 14-12 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 361, Brouwer got to the quarter after beating Tomas Barrios Vera 6-4 6-2, Steven Diez 4-6 7-5 6-2, Feliciano Lopez 6-4 6-2 and Jeff Wolf 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Wolf (6-1 6-1). During the match Brouwer scored 64 points vs Wolf’s 40. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Brouwer wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gijs Brouwer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 80% of his first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Wolf 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Dutch’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Portimao.
Gijs has an overall 17-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Opelka | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 80 |
| Pts | 84-76 | 303-229 |
| Total Points | 160 | 532 |
| Winners | 40 | 124 |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% |
Opelka played 1 match while Brouwer competed in 4 matches. Brouwer started his run from the qualifications while Opelka had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Reilly Opelka dropped 1 set, while Gijs Brouwer dropped 1 set. Opelka has played 6 set(s) less than Brouwer (3 vs 9). Therefore, Opelka played 53 games less than Brouwer. Opelka scored 40 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Gijs recorded 124 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Opelka | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 172/266 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 124/172 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 55/94 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 59% |
Opelka managed to score 15 aces . Brouwer struck 18 aces (4.5 per match). Opelka won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Brouwer won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Opelka | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 16 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 100% | 53% |
| Conceded | 4 | 17 |
| Saved | 2 | 14 |
| % Saved | 50% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Reilly broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Reilly lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gijs broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Brouwer conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Opelka | |||
| R2 Krueger | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 84-76 | 84-76 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 56/85 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Brouwer | ||||||
| Q1 Tomas Barrios Vera | Q3 Diez | R1 Lopez | R2 Wolf | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 80 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 109-92 | 64-48 | 64-40 | 303-229 | |
| Total points | 115 | 201 | 112 | 104 | 532 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% | 47% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 57/104 | 36/53 | 45/56 | 172/266 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 55% | 68% | 80% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 38/57 | 30/36 | 28/45 | 124/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 67% | 83% | 62% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 27/47 | 9/17 | 8/11 | 55/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 53% | 73% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/9 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 60% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/9 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 100% | 367% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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