Casper Ruud vs Reilly Opelka — Houston Round of 16

Houston · ATP · Round of 16
Casper Ruud
NOR
Casper Ruud
#13ATP
1983ELO
1973Clay ELO
$2.0MYTD
$29MCAREER
27 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 April 2019
clay
Reilly Opelka
USA4
Reilly Opelka
#131ATP
1749ELO
1644Clay ELO
$325kYTD
$6.0MCAREER
28 yrs · 211 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLWLW
Ruud C.
4-6 6-4 6-4
Opelka R.
Ruud C.
4662
Opelka R.
6441

Casper Ruud defeated Reilly Opelka 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the Houston round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Casper Ruud came in ranked #13, leading the head-to-head 4–1. Casper Ruud extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-09-19Laver CupRRhardCasper Ruud6-4 7-6(4)
2022-05-16GenevaSFclayCasper Ruud7-6(2) 7-5
2021-09-24Laver CupRRhardCasper Ruud6-3 7-6(4)
2021-08-16Cincinnati MastersR32hardCasper Ruud6-7(5) 6-0 7-6(4)
2017-01-16Australian OpenQ3hardReilly Opelka7-6(2) 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Ruud C.serving94% hold

wins 74% of points on serve vs Opelka R.

Opelka R.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Ruud C.

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 clay

Ruud C.Opelka R.
58
Serve
—
70
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Ruud C.Opelka R.
1st serve in·Even
65%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
72%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
54%
Service points won·Even
66%
70%
Return points won·Slight edge
37%
28%
Break points saved·Even
66%
70%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.7
17.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.3
3.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Ruud C.Opelka R.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
91
63
Break points saved·Even
99
100
Break points won·Dominant
75
1
Deciding sets·Slight edge
99
88
Tiebreaks·Even
97
93

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

Freshness

Recent load
Ruud C.Opelka R.
Freshness·
100
—

Ruud C.: 15 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Garin C.
Ruud C.
7-644-66-3
Semi-finals
Garin C.
Querrey S.[8]
7-626-2
Ruud C.
Galan D.
7-56-2
Quarter-finals
Querrey S.[8]
Tipsarevic J.
7-667-64
Garin C.
Laaksonen H.
6-36-2
Ruud C.
Granollers M.
6-16-0
Galan D.
Thompson J.[7]
6-14-66-4
R16
Granollers M.
Tomic B.
6-16-2
Ruud C.
Opelka R.[4]
4-66-46-4
Garin C.
Chardy J.[2]
3-67-647-67
Querrey S.[8]
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-3
Laaksonen H.
Harrison R.
6-47-5
Galan D.
Johnson S.[1]
6-36-3
Tipsarevic J.
Norrie C.[3]
6-36-4
Thompson J.[7]
Giraldo S.
4-67-617-5
R32
Thompson J.[7]
Krstin P.
7-56-2
Tomic B.
Kudla D.
7-687-5
Garin C.
Cuevas P.
4-66-46-2
Giraldo S.
Klahn B.
6-46-4
Ruud C.
Dellien H.
7-676-4
Tipsarevic J.
Sandgren T.
6-17-64
Harrison R.
Karlovic I.
6-36-4
Granollers M.
Fritz T.[5]
6-24-66-2
Laaksonen H.
Mcdonald M.[6]
6-36-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Rubin N.
6-756-36-3
Querrey S.[8]
Fratangelo B.
6-36-4
Galan D.
Lorenzi P.
7-656-4