Rinky Hijikata and Reilly Opelka will play each other in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.66
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Reilly Opelka
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-15 | 7-10 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-33 | 29-21 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 37-23 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-29 | 37-19 | 2-2 | 10-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-13 | 31-9 | 9-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Rinky got to the 1st round after defeating Lloyd Harris 6-4 6-7(11) 4-1 ret. and Fabio Fognini 6-4 5-7 7-5.
Hijikata has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (210-145). 1-3 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a composed21-26 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Hijikata has a compiled 9-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-10 | 9-6 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 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. 103, Reilly will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Tsitsipas in the 1st round on the 15th of April.
The American has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Opelka’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Brisbane.
In terms of his career, Reilly has an overall 228-179 record. He has a positive 61-46 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-77 7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Harold MayotMayot – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CinaCina – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Marin CilicCilic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Laslo DjereDjere (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Casper RuudRuud (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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