Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Reilly Opelka will square off in the 2nd round of the Atlanta Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.84
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Reilly Opelka
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
12 - 13win/loss
61
21
WWLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Davidovich Fokina reached the 2nd round after beating Arthur Cazaux 6-2 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Davidovich Fokina had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-2 7-64). During the match, Davidovich Fokina scored 78 points vs Cazaux’s 65. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Davidovich Fokina blasted 11 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (39/47) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Cazaux twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Davidovich Fokina has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (252-185). 7-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Davidovich Fokina has an aggregate109-66 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Spaniard has a composed 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Alejandro has never competed in this tournament before.
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 430, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (6-3 7-65). During the match Opelka scored 66 points vs Kovacevic’s 58. Reilly was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Opelka managed to score 19 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Reilly Opelka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (38/44) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Reilly broke Kovacevic once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Newport.
The American has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Davidovich Fokina | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 78-65 | 66-58 |
| Total Points | 143 | 124 |
| Winners | 39 | 38 |
| %Winners | 50% | 58% |
Both Davidovich Fokina and Opelka played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Davidovich Fokina and Opelka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Davidovich Fokina played 1 game less than Opelka. The Spaniard scored 39 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 38 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Davidovich Fokina | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 19 |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 44/65 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 39/47 | 38/44 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 67% |
Davidovich Fokina scored 11 aces . Opelka bagged 19 aces . Davidovich Fokina won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Davidovich Fokina | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 67% | 25% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Alejandro was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Reilly broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Reilly was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Cazaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/47 | 39/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Opelka | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 66-58 | 66-58 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/44 | 38/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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