Taylor Fritz vs Reilly Opelka — Newport Beach CH Semi-final

Newport Beach CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
Taylor Fritz
USA3
Taylor Fritz
#10ATP
1909ELO
1839Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$31MCAREER
28 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 January 2018
hard
Reilly Opelka
USA
Reilly Opelka
#131ATP
1749ELO
1734Hard ELO
$325kYTD
$6.0MCAREER
28 yrs · 211 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLWLW
Fritz T.
6-3 7-6
Opelka R.
Fritz T.
6782
Opelka R.
3660

Taylor Fritz defeated Reilly Opelka 6-3 7-6 in the Newport Beach CH semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Taylor Fritz came in ranked #10, leading the head-to-head 6–1. Taylor Fritz extended the head-to-head to 7–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Taylor Fritz closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

6–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-03-18Miami MastersR32hardTaylor Fritz6-3 6-4
2021-07-26AtlantaQFhardTaylor Fritz7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-6(4)
2021-02-08Australian OpenR64hardTaylor Fritz4-6 7-6(6) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-2
2020-10-19AntwerpR32hardTaylor Fritz7-6(5) 6-1
2019-09-30TokyoR32hardReilly Opelka6-3 6-4
2019-04-22BarcelonaR64clayTaylor Fritz6-3 6-4
2018-03-05Indian Wells MastersR128hardTaylor Fritz4-6 7-6(6) 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Fritz T.serving98% hold

wins 81% of points on serve vs Opelka R.

Opelka R.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Fritz T.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Fritz T.Opelka R.
76
Serve
86
32
Return
0

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Fritz T.Opelka R.
1st serve in·Even
63%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
79%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
55%
54%
Service points won·Even
70%
70%
Return points won·Slight edge
36%
28%
Break points saved·Even
69%
70%
Aces / match·Dominant
11.5
17.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.9
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Fritz T.Opelka R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
87
63
Break points saved·Even
100
100
Break points won·Dominant
60
1
Deciding sets·Slight edge
98
88
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
99
93

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Fritz T.Opelka R.
Freshness·
76
—

Fritz T.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 28 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Fritz T.[3]
Klahn B.
3-67-56-0
Semi-finals
Klahn B.
Garin C.
6-30-66-4
Fritz T.[3]
Opelka R.
6-37-66
Quarter-finals
Opelka R.
Bachinger M.
7-56-4
Fritz T.[3]
Rubin N.
6-36-2
Klahn B.
Kecmanovic M.
7-676-1
Garin C.
King D.
5-76-26-3
R16
Garin C.
Fratangelo B.[4]
6-31-0
Klahn B.
Krueger M.
6-31-66-4
King D.
Mmoh M.
1-66-26-1
Rubin N.
Bublik A.[6]
6-766-47-68
Bachinger M.
Peliwo F.
6-37-63
Fritz T.[3]
Kwiatkowski T.
6-46-4
Kecmanovic M.
Kozlov S.
6-36-4
Opelka R.
Novikov D.
6-46-4
R32
Kecmanovic M.
Tiafoe F.[2]
6-43-66-3
Klahn B.
Hanfmann Y.[8]
6-46-3
Rubin N.
Smyczek T.
7-656-2
Bachinger M.
Escobedo E.[7]
6-37-67
Opelka R.
Kudla D.
7-656-3
Krueger M.
Oliveira G.
7-656-2
Novikov D.
Nishikori K.[1]
6-33-66-4
Garin C.
Paul T.
6-46-3
Mmoh M.
Norrie C.[5]
6-26-4
Kwiatkowski T.
Arevalo M.
6-46-4
Kozlov S.
Clezar G.
6-26-3
Bublik A.[6]
Polansky P.
3-66-36-0
Peliwo F.
Laaksonen H.
7-696-2
Fritz T.[3]
Olaso G.
6-36-4
Fratangelo B.[4]
Fawcett T.
6-46-2
King D.
Ito T.
6-746-42-1