H2H, prediction of Tomas Machac vs Reilly Opelka at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Reilly Opelka

Tomas Machac and Reilly Opelka will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on 1573 Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 5 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.533
Reilly Opelka -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Reilly Opelka

There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tomas Machac

Tomas Machac
Tomas Machac

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
25
High
25
WLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 37-24 22-11 9-5 5-6 1-2 0-0
2023 52-27 15-10 16-11 18-5 3-1 0-0
2022 47-19 24-6 5-2 18-10 0-0 0-1
2021 28-19 5-4 5-4 12-6 2-3 4-2

Ranked no. 25 (career-high), Machac reached the 2nd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-3 6-1 7-5.

In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-3 6-1 7-5). During the match, Machac scored 100 points vs Nagal’s 67. Tomas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Machac fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Tomas broke Nagal 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).

Machac has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (260-133). 3-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has a compiled75-35 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Machac’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Australia.

Machac has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Machac
Australian Open
Machac's Record

Reilly Opelka

Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
170
High
17
WLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-1 5-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 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. 170, Reilly reached the 2nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round against Onclin, Opelka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-3 6-2). During the match Opelka scored 147 points vs Onclin’s 134. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 85 winners.

Talking about serving, Opelka overwhelmed his opponent with 38 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Reilly Opelka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Opelka put 72% of his first serves in, winning 74% (85/115) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (15/45) on the 2nd serve. Reilly broke Onclin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

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

The American has an aggregate 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.

Opelka
Australian Open
Opelka's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Machac
R.Opelka
2h:05
2h:05
Time on court​
!
3h:11
3h:11
!
2h:05
2h:05
Last match​
!
3h:11
3h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
39
39
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
100
100
Total points​
147
147
100
100
Avg point​
147
147
31
31
Winners
85
85
31
31
Avg Winners​
85
85
31%
31%
Ratio winners
58%
58%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
38
38
7
7
Avg Aces
!
38
38
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
5
5
31/40
31/40
1st won total​
85/115
85/115
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
25/42
25/42
2nd won total​
15/45
15/45
60%
60%
2nd won %
!
33%
33%
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
BP won
4/7
4/7
7/15
7/15
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
47%
47%
Won
!
57%
57%
7
7
Conceded
13
13
7
7
Avg Conceded
13
13
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Machac Opelka
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 28 39
Pts 100-67 147-134
Total Points 167 281
Winners 31 85
%Winners 31% 58%

Both Machac and Opelka played 1 match. At the moment, Reilly Opelka surrendered 1 set while Tomas Machac hasn’t dropped a set so far. Machac has played 1 set(s) less than Opelka (3 vs 4). Therefore, Machac played 11 games less than Opelka. Tomas scored 31 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Opelka recorded 85 winners (58%).

Serve Performance

Serve Machac Opelka
Aces 7 38
Avg per match 7 38
1st in 40/82 115/160
%1st in 49% 72%
1st pts 31/40 85/115
%1st pts 78% 74%
2nd pts 25/42 15/45
%2nd pts 60% 33%

Machac made 7 aces . Opelka made 38 aces . Machac won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Machac Opelka
Won 7 4
Converted 7/15 4/7
% Converted 47% 57%
Conceded 7 13
Saved 5 10
% Saved 71% 77%
Times Broken 2 3

Machac broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Machac
R1
Nagal
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 100-67 100-67
Total points 167 167
Winners 31 31
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 40/82 40/82
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 31/40 31/40
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 25/42 25/42
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/15 7/15
Converted % 47% 47%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2
Opelka
R1
Onclin
Total
Score 3-6 7-64 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 39 39
pts 147-134 147-134
Total points 281 281
Winners 85 85
%Winners 58% 58%
SERVE
Aces 38 38
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 115/160 115/160
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 85/115 85/115
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 15/45 15/45
% 2nd pts 33% 33%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 10/13 10
Saved % 77% 77%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Machac
WLWWL
Opelka
WLWWWW
2025 2024 2023
3 - 2
5 - 1
3-2
Hard
5-1

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