Ben Shelton and Reilly Opelka will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.48
Reilly Opelka -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Reilly Opelka
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Reilly Opelka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shelton won 7-6(3) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2024.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Reilly Opelka – Cincinnati 13-August-2024
Ben Shelton
33 - 21win/loss
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LLWLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17,he will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he overcame 6-7(6) 7-5 10-7 to Medvedev in the round robin on the 22nd of September.
Shelton has an overall 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Houston where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Shelton has an overall 119-65 record. He has a positive 62-36 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.
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. 306, Opelka will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 to Yevseyev in the qualifications on the 17th of September.
Reilly has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Reilly’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Newport.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 216-168 record. He has a positive 102-87 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWWLLL Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-9) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
