Reilly Opelka and John Isner will square off in the final of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.727
John Isner -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. John Isner
This will be the 6th time that Reilly Opelka and John Isner face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Opelka won 7-6(7) 7-6(22) in the semifinal in Dallas back in February 2022.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs John Isner – Dallas 12-February-2022
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-8 | 2-7 | 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, the American reached the final after defeating Mitchell Krueger 3-6 6-2 6-4, Gijs Brouwer 6-3 7-5 and Nick Kyrgios 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal, Opelka had a good straight sets win against Kyrgios (6-3 7-5). During the match, Opelka scored 63 points vs Kyrgios’s 46. Opelka was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Opelka buried his opponent with 21 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Reilly Opelka was very efficient on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Kyrgios 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Opelka has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Opelka has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (203-152). 3-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Opelka has an overall58-40 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Dallas where he defeated Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(3).
Reilly has a compiled 16-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
John Isner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 9-9 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 18-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 30-18 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Isner got to the final after beating Steve Johnson 6-71 7-64 6-3, Frances Tiafoe 6-4 2-6 6-3 and Cristian Garin 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal against Garin, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Isner scored 87 points vs Garin’s 80. The American was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Isner blasted 17 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, John Isner was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (47/59) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Garin twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
John has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Isner’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Dallas and Houston.
Isner has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Opelka | Isner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 91 |
| Pts | 214-174 | 297-275 |
| Total Points | 388 | 572 |
| Winners | 98 | 158 |
| %Winners | 46% | 53% |
Both Opelka and Isner played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Reilly Opelka conceded 1 set, while John Isner lost 3 sets. Opelka has played 2 set(s) less than Isner (7 vs 9). Therefore, Opelka played 22 games less than Isner. Reilly scored 98 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Isner managed to score 158 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Opelka | Isner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 40 | 71 |
| Avg per match | 13.3 | 23.7 |
| 1st in | 125/193 | 191/272 |
| %1st in | 65% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 98/125 | 158/191 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 42/68 | 39/81 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 48% |
Opelka struck 40 aces (13.3 per match). Isner bagged 71 aces (23.7 per match). Opelka won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Isner won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Opelka | Isner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/15 | 5/30 |
| % Converted | 60% | 17% |
| Conceded | 8 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 17% conversion rate. John conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Opelka | |||||
| R2 Krueger |
1/4 Brouwer |
1/2 Kyrgios |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 21 | 21 | 69 | |
| pts | 84-76 | 67-52 | 63-46 | 214-174 | |
| Total points | 160 | 119 | 109 | 388 | |
| Winners | 40 | 31 | 27 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 4 | 21 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 38/57 | 31/51 | 125/193 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 61% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 31/38 | 27/31 | 98/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 87% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/19 | 14/20 | 42/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 58% | 70% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 0% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Isner | |||||
| R2 Johnson |
1/4 Tiafoe |
1/2 Garin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 7-64 6-3 | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 27 | 29 | 91 | |
| pts | 119-106 | 91-89 | 87-80 | 297-275 | |
| Total points | 225 | 180 | 167 | 572 | |
| Winners | 70 | 41 | 47 | 158 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 45% | 54% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 38 | 16 | 17 | 71 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 80/105 | 52/82 | 59/85 | 191/272 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 63% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 70/80 | 41/52 | 47/59 | 158/191 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 79% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 13/30 | 15/26 | 39/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 43% | 58% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/13 | 2/10 | 2/7 | 5/30 | |
| Converted % | 8% | 20% | 29% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 80% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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