Stefanos Tsitsipas grounds Opelka in the 1st round – BARCELONA RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas soars past Opelka

By
Luke Meyer
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Stefanos Tsitsipas crushes Reilly Opelka 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Barcelona on Tuesday after playing a tremendous match to clash against Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the final in 2018, 2021, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tsitsipas
Barcelona
Tsitsipas's Record

The Greek added to his prize money € 18,430 after winning this match. He has already won € 40,735 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add € 36,570 to his earnings to get in total € 77,305 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Reilly Opelka Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Opelka
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-2 6-2
1h:10
Reilly Opelka
64
64
Total points
38
38
18
18
Winners
19
19
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
50%
50%
1st in
61%
61%
75%
75%
1st won
58%
58%
18/24
18/24
1st won
19/33
19/33
75%
75%
2nd won
33%
33%
18/24
18/24
2nd won
7/21
7/21
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
0/3
0/3
44%
44%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 64 points vs. Reilly’s 38.

Tsitsipas

The Greek served very well to win 75% of the points (18/24) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (18/24) on his second serve. Tsitsipas won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Opelka

On the other side, Reilly wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Opelka is 2-1 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Korda – stats

Tsitsipas will play Korda in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Sebastian Korda clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Tsitsipas and Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Korda won 7-64 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tsitsipas 6-2
TsitsipasOpelka
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasOpelka
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasOpelka
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasOpelka
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasOpelka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TsitsipasOpelka
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasOpelka
1
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasOpelka
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasOpelka
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Tsitsipas in this set was in much better shape than the American and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Opelka was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 18 more points than the American (31-13). Stefanos was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Reilly conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

2nd Set -
Tsitsipas 6-2
TsitsipasOpelka
6
2
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasOpelka
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasOpelka
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasOpelka
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasOpelka
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasOpelka
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasOpelka
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Tsitsipas had a strong start of this set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0). That was decisive for Tsitsipas to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.

Tsitsipas converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).

They contested 58 points. Tsitsipas won 8 points more than Reilly (33-25). The Greek lost 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).

1st
Tsitsipas
Opelka
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Tsitsipas
Opelka
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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