Reilly Opelka and Botic Van De Zandschulp will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on IWB COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.86
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.94

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

This will be the 3^rd time that Reilly Opelka and Botic Van De Zandschulp clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Opelka won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Basel back in October 2025.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 62, Reilly reached the 2^nd round after beating Mika Brunold 6-7(6) 7-6(9) 7-5, Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 6-4 and Sebastian Baez 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Reilly had a good straight sets win against Baez (6-3 6-4). During the match, Opelka scored 67 points vs Baez’s 50. Reilly was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Opelka struck 19 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Reilly Opelka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Opelka broke Baez twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Opelka has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (217-169). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Opelka has a compiled 48-23 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

Reilly has a compiled 31-25 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 82, Van De Zandschulp reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mattia Bellucci 7-6(6) 6-4, Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-4 and Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Van De Zandschulp had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (6-2 6-2). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 70 points vs Lehecka’s 50. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Botic broke Lehecka 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

The Dutch’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Salem.

Botic has an overall 28-29 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 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	3	2
Tot Set	7	4
Tot Games	77	39
Pts	261-228	146-118
Total Points	489	264
Winners	124	64
%Winners	48%	44%

Opelka played 3 matches while Van De Zandschulp competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Reilly Opelka dropped 1 set while Botic Van De Zandschulp hasn’t conceded a set so far. Opelka has played 3 sets more than Van De Zandschulp (7 vs 4). Therefore, Opelka played 38 games more than Van De Zandschulp. Reilly scored 124 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Botic scored 64 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Opelka	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	61	16
Avg per match	20.3	8
1st in	160/219	78/124
%1st in	73%	63%
1st pts	124/160	64/78
%1st pts	78%	82%
2nd pts	40/59	24/46
%2nd pts	68%	52%

Opelka blasted 61 aces (20.3 per match). Van De Zandschulp blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Opelka won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Opelka	Van De Zandschulp
Won	7	6
Converted	7/30	6/16
% Converted	23%	38%
Conceded	6	8
Saved	4	7
% Saved	67%	88%
Times Broken	2	1

Opelka broke his opponents 7 times with a 23% conversion rate. Reilly surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Opelka
	Q1 Brunold	Q3 Van De Zandschulp	R1 Baez	Total
Score	6-76 7-69 7-5	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	38	20	19	77
pts	133-121	61-57	67-50	261-228
Total points	254	118	117	489
Winners	58	29	37	124
%Winners	44%	48%	55%	48%
SERVE
Aces	26	16	19	61
Double Faults	3	4	0	7
1st in	79/109	38/59	43/51	160/219
% 1st in	72%	64%	84%	73%
1st pts	58/79	29/38	37/43	124/160
% 1st pts	73%	76%	86%	78%
2nd pts	22/30	13/21	5/8	40/59
% 2nd pts	73%	62%	63%	68%
Breaks
Won	3	2	2	7
Converted	3/14	2/9	2/7	7/30
Converted %	21%	22%	29%	23%
Conceded	4	2	0	6
Saved	2/4	2/2	0/0	4
Saved %	50%	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Van De Zandschulp
	Q1 Bellucci	Q3 Opelka	R1 Lehecka	Total
Score	7-66 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	23	20	16	59
pts	76-68	–	70-50	146-118
Total points	144	0	120	264
Winners	39		25	64
%Winners	51%	0%	36%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	7	16
Double Faults	4		3	7
1st in	47/66	/	31/58	78/124
% 1st in	71%	0%	53%	63%
1st pts	39/47	/	25/31	64/78
% 1st pts	83%	0%	81%	82%
2nd pts	9/19	/	15/27	24/46
% 2nd pts	47%	0%	56%	52%
Breaks
Won	2		4	6
Converted	2/6	/	4/10	6/16
Converted %	33%	0%	40%	38%
Conceded	3		5	8
Saved	2/3	0/	5/5	7
Saved %	67%	–	100%	56%
Times Broken	1		0	1

Tennis Scores in Basel

• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Jakub MensikMensik (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings

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