Jiri Lehecka and Reilly Opelka will square off in the final of the Brisbane International for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.81
Reilly Opelka -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Reilly Opelka

There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 28, Lehecka got to the final after beating Holger Rune 7-5 6-3, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4, Nicolas Jarry 6-4 6-4 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 4-4 ret..

In the semifinal against Dimitrov, the Czech had a free pass after Dimitrov retired on a 6-4 4-4 . scoreline.

Lehecka has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (216-137). 4-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has an aggregate64-36 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Jiri’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.

Jiri has a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brisbane

Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 293, the American reached the final after defeating Federico Agustin Gomez 7-5 6-4, Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(9) 7-6(4), Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 6-3 and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-3 7-6(4).

In the semifinal, Opelka had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Opelka scored 73 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 60. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Opelka managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Reilly Opelka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Reilly broke Mpetshi Perricard once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Opelka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.

Opelka has an aggregate 4-0 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lehecka	Opelka
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	8
Tot Games	90	92
Pts	297-250	293-249
Total Points	547	542
Winners	127	152
%Winners	43%	52%

Both Lehecka and Opelka played 4 matches. At the moment, Jiri Lehecka surrendered 1 set while Reilly Opelka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lehecka has played 2 sets more than Opelka (10 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Lehecka played 2 games less than Opelka. Jiri scored 127 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 152 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lehecka	Opelka
Aces	36	62
Avg per match	9	15.5
1st in	159/267	181/263
%1st in	60%	69%
1st pts	127/159	152/181
%1st pts	80%	84%
2nd pts	62/108	56/82
%2nd pts	57%	68%

Lehecka scored 36 aces (9 per match). Opelka struck 62 aces (15.5 per match). Lehecka won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lehecka	Opelka
Won	12	5
Converted	12/25	5/14
% Converted	48%	36%
Conceded	17	7
Saved	14	6
% Saved	82%	86%
Times Broken	3	1

Lehecka broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Opelka broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Lehecka
	R1 Rune	R2 Nishioka	1/4 Jarry	1/2 Dimitrov	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-2 6-75 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-4 4-4 ret.
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	21	31	20	18	90
pts	73-57	104-84	68-60	52-49	297-250
Total points	130	188	128	101	547
Winners	29	45	31	22	127
%Winners	40%	43%	46%	42%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	17	10	4	36
Double Faults	1	3	2	3	9
1st in	43/68	51/81	39/66	26/52	159/267
% 1st in	63%	63%	59%	50%	60%
1st pts	29/43	45/51	31/39	22/26	127/159
% 1st pts	67%	88%	79%	85%	80%
2nd pts	14/25	17/30	14/27	17/26	62/108
% 2nd pts	56%	57%	52%	65%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	4	2	1	12
Converted	5/6	4/12	2/5	1/2	12/25
Converted %	83%	33%	40%	50%	48%
Conceded	9	3	5	0	17
Saved	7/9	2/3	5/5	0/0	14
Saved %	78%	67%	100%	–	61%
Times Broken	2	1	0	0	3

Opelka
	R1 Agustin	R2 Arnaldi	1/4 Djokovic	1/2 Mpetshi	Total
Score	7-5 6-4	7-69 7-64	7-66 6-3	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	22	26	22	22	92
pts	64-47	82-79	74-63	73-60	293-249
Total points	111	161	137	133	542
Winners	27	49	38	38	152
%Winners	42%	60%	51%	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	9	25	16	12	62
Double Faults	1	6	1	2	10
1st in	29/49	58/86	49/64	45/64	181/263
% 1st in	59%	67%	77%	70%	69%
1st pts	27/29	49/58	38/49	38/45	152/181
% 1st pts	93%	84%	78%	84%	84%
2nd pts	17/20	13/28	13/15	13/19	56/82
% 2nd pts	85%	46%	87%	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	2	1	1	1	5
Converted	2/5	1/2	1/5	1/2	5/14
Converted %	40%	50%	20%	50%	36%
Conceded	0	2	1	4	7
Saved	0/0	1/2	1/1	4/4	6
Saved %	–	50%	100%	100%	63%
Times Broken	0	1	0	0	1

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