Brandon Nakashima and Reilly Opelka will play each other in the 2nd round of the Delray Beach Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.8
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Reilly Opelka
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Reilly Opelka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Opelka won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the quarter in Sydney back in 2022.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-10 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, the American got to the 2nd round after beating James Kent Trotter 7-6(2) 6-1.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (7-62 6-1). During the match, Nakashima scored 79 points vs Kent Trotter’s 57. Brandon was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nakashima bagged 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Brandon Nakashima was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (33/38) 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. Brandon broke Kent Trotter twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Nakashima has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (228-144). 2-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has an aggregate 110-72 match record in the last years on hard.
Nakashima has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Delray Beach
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-21 | 14-9 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 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. 121, Reilly got to the 2nd round after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-3 7-6(7).
In the 1st round, Reilly had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-3 7-67). During the match Opelka scored 68 points vs Eubanks’s 58. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Opelka scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Reilly Opelka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Eubanks once.
Reilly’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Brisbane.
The American has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 79-57 | 68-58 |
| Total Points | 136 | 126 |
| Winners | 33 | 35 |
| %Winners | 42% | 51% |
Both Nakashima and Opelka played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Opelka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nakashima played 2 games less than Opelka. Nakashima scored 33 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Opelka fired 35 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 43/67 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 35/43 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 16/24 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 67% |
Nakashima struck 5 aces . Opelka scored 13 aces . Nakashima won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 81% of the points behind 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 | Nakashima | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 25% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Nakashima broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Brandon very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Opelka was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 79-57 | 79-57 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 33/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Opelka | |||
| R1 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 68-58 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 43/67 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 35/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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