Reilly Opelka and Nick Kyrgios will play each other in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Nick Kyrgios who should win in 2 sets.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.4
Reilly Opelka -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Nick Kyrgios
This will be the 3rd time that Reilly Opelka and Nick Kyrgios square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Opelka won 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Houston back in April 2022.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs Nick Kyrgios – Houston 09-April-2022
Reilly Opelka
| 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. 17 (career-high), the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Denis Kudla 6-76 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kudla, Reilly recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 6-4). During the match, Opelka scored 98 points vs Kudla’s 89. Opelka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Opelka overwhelmed his opponent with 28 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Reilly Opelka was very efficient on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Reilly broke Kudla 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Opelka has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (208-160). 10-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Opelka has an aggregate100-80 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Dallas where he beat Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(3) and in in Houston where he beat John Isner in the final 6-3 7-6(7).
The American has an aggregate 21-14 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Nick Kyrgios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-10 | 23-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, the Australian got to the 3rd round after defeating Marcos Giron 6-3 6-2 and Tommy Paul 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-3 6-4). During the match Kyrgios scored 69 points vs Paul’s 55. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kyrgios made 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nick Kyrgios conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Kyrgios put 70% of his first serves in, winning 84% (37/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Nick broke Paul 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kyrgios hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Nick’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Wimbledon .
Kyrgios has a compiled 23-7 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Opelka | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 36 |
| Pts | 98-89 | 125-92 |
| Total Points | 187 | 217 |
| Winners | 45 | 65 |
| %Winners | 46% | 52% |
Opelka played 1 match while Kyrgios competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Reilly Opelka lost 1 set while Nick Kyrgios hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Opelka has played 1 set(s) less than Kyrgios (3 vs 4). Therefore, Opelka played 3 games less than Kyrgios. Opelka scored 45 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Nick made 65 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Opelka | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 28 | 13.5 |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 78/113 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 45/57 | 65/78 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 17/35 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 49% |
Opelka blasted 28 aces . Kyrgios recorded 27 aces (13.5 per match). Opelka won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kyrgios won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Opelka | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Reilly broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Reilly surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nick broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kyrgios was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Opelka | |||
| R2 Kudla | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 98-89 | 98-89 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 28 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/57 | 45/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kyrgios | ||||
| R1 Giron | R2 Paul | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 56-37 | 69-55 | 125-92 | |
| Total points | 93 | 124 | 217 | |
| Winners | 28 | 37 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 54% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 15 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 44/63 | 78/113 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 37/44 | 65/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 7/19 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 37% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/4 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Mikael YmerYmer – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 6-73 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (3-6 7-66 4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-62 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction