Reilly Opelka and Botic Van De Zandschulp will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:30 pm on IWB COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.75
Reilly Opelka -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

This will be the 2^nd time that Reilly Opelka and Botic Van De Zandschulp square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Van De Zandschulp (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Van De Zandschulp won 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in the 3^rd round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 62, Reilly got to the qualifications after defeating Mika Brunold 6-7(6) 7-6(9) 7-5.

In the qualifications against Brunold, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 7-6⁹ 7-5). During the match, Opelka scored 133 points vs Brunold’s 121. Reilly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about the service games, Opelka overwhelmed his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Reilly Opelka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (58/79) of his 1st serve and 73% (22/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Opelka broke Brunold 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Opelka has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (215-169). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Opelka has a composed 46-23 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Brisbane.

Opelka has a composed 29-25 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 86, the Dutch reached the qualifications after defeating Mattia Bellucci 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the qualifications, Van De Zandschulp had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 76 points vs Bellucci’s 68. Botic was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp made 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 71% of his first serves in, winning 83% (39/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Botic broke Bellucci twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Botic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Salem.

Botic has a composed 27-28 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Opelka	Van De Zandschulp
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	38	23
Pts	133-121	76-68
Total Points	254	144
Winners	58	39
%Winners	44%	51%

Both Opelka and Van De Zandschulp played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Reilly Opelka conceded 1 set while Botic Van De Zandschulp hasn’t lost a set so far. Opelka has played 1 set more than Van De Zandschulp (3 vs 2). Therefore, Opelka played 15 games more than Van De Zandschulp. The American scored 58 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Botic recorded 39 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Opelka	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	26	9
Avg per match	26	9
1st in	79/109	47/66
%1st in	72%	71%
1st pts	58/79	39/47
%1st pts	73%	83%
2nd pts	22/30	9/19
%2nd pts	73%	47%

Opelka struck 26 aces . Van De Zandschulp scored 9 aces . Opelka won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Opelka	Van De Zandschulp
Won	3	2
Converted	3/14	2/6
% Converted	21%	33%
Conceded	4	3
Saved	2	2
% Saved	50%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

Opelka broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Opelka
	Q1 Brunold	Total
Score	6-76 7-69 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	38	38
pts	133-121	133-121
Total points	254	254
Winners	58	58
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	26	26
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	79/109	79/109
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	58/79	58/79
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	22/30	22/30
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Van De Zandschulp
	Q1 Bellucci	Total
Score	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	76-68	76-68
Total points	144	144
Winners	39	39
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	47/66	47/66
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	39/47	39/47
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	9/19	9/19
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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