Reilly Opelka and Mark Lajal will face off in the qualifications of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.72
Mark Lajal -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Reilly Opelka
17 - 13win/loss
72
17
LWLWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-16 | 9-6 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 5-3 | 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. 93, Opelka got to the qualifications after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-1 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-1 7-66). During the match, Opelka scored 76 points vs Yevseyev’s 66. Reilly was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Opelka managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Reilly Opelka lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Opelka put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Reilly broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Opelka has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (203-157). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Opelka has an overall 11-15 match record in the last years on grass.
Reilly’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Brisbane.
The American has an aggregate 17-13 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Opelka has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
19 - 10win/loss
167
167
LWWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-11 | 6-3 | 6-4 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 15-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 25-16 | 5-2 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 35-12 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, Mark reached the qualifications after defeating Corentin Denolly 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Denolly (6-2 6-1). During the match Lajal scored 64 points vs Denolly’s 39. Mark was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mark broke Denolly 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Lajal’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 3 Challenger and the Francavilla Challenger.
The Estonian has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Opelka | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 |
| Pts | 76-66 | 64-39 |
| Total Points | 142 | 103 |
| Winners | 37 | 19 |
| %Winners | 49% | 30% |
Both Opelka and Lajal played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Opelka and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Opelka played 5 games more than Lajal. Reilly scored 37 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Mark made 19 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Opelka | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 3 |
| 1st in | 45/78 | 24/38 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 19/24 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 71% |
Opelka recorded 16 aces . Lajal blasted 3 aces . Opelka won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Opelka | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 75% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Opelka broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Opelka conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Estonian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Opelka | |||
| Q1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 76-66 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/78 | 45/78 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lajal | |||
| Q1 Denolly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 64-39 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 19/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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