Benjamin Bonzi and Reilly Opelka will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM COURT . 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 Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.9
Reilly Opelka -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Reilly Opelka

This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Reilly Opelka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Opelka won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Bordeaux Challenger back in 2018.

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

20 - 22win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
1-2
Clay
2-4
Grass
3-4
Rank
96
High
42
LWWLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-24 15-13 2-4 3-3 3-4 0-0
2024 50-32 13-13 7-10 24-6 6-3 0-0
2023 29-26 10-8 2-4 17-11 0-3 0-0
2022 35-27 7-10 9-5 11-8 8-4 0-0
2021 57-27 23-5 7-7 20-13 7-2 0-0

Ranked no. 47, Bonzi will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 7-6(1) 6-3 to Marozsan in the 1st round on the 25th of September.

Bonzi has an overall 20-22 win-loss record in 2025, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 389-255 record. He has a positive 124-71 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Bonzi has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Bonzi's Record

Reilly Opelka

Reilly Opelka

28 - 23win/loss

Hard
14-10
I Hard
2-2
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. 61, Reilly will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-4 7-6(4) to Ruud in the round robin on the 19th of September.

Reilly has a composed 28-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Reilly’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Brisbane.

In terms of his career, Reilly has an overall 245-194 record. He has a positive 116-99 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Shanghai
Opelka's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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