Carlos Alcaraz and Reilly Opelka will face off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 9:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.086
Reilly Opelka -> 7.6

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Reilly Opelka

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

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

54 - 6win/loss

Hard
16-4
I Hard
5-0
Clay
22-1
Grass
11-1
Rank
1
High
1
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 71-9 28-4 22-1 10-3 11-1 0-0
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 2, Alcaraz will start his run at the U.S. Open after he won the title in Cincinnati after beating 5-0 ret. Sinner in the final.

Alcaraz has an aggregate 54-6 win-loss record in 2025, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2 and in Carlo where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 3-6 6-1 6-0 and in Rome where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(5) 6-1 and at the French Open where he beat Jannik Sinner in the final 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) and in London where he beat Jiri Lehecka in the final 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 and in Cincinnati where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 5-0 ret..

The Spaniard won his last 6 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Carlos has an overall 341-82 record. He has a positive 113-29 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.

U.S. Open
Alcaraz's Record

Reilly Opelka

Reilly Opelka

28 - 21win/loss

Hard
14-9
I Hard
2-1
Clay
5-6
Grass
7-5
Rank
50
High
17
LLWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-28 14-11 5-6 7-6 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. 66, Reilly will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 to Comesana in the 3rd round on the 12th of August.

The American has a compiled 28-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, Reilly has an overall 245-192 record. He has a positive 116-98 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See his history.

U.S. Open
Opelka's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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