Reilly Opelka #24 def. Nikoloz Basilashvili #39

7-6(5) 6-3 6-4

Reilly Opelka defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4 in the 2021 US Open third round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 5, 2021*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2021
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 2h 15m

Match Statistics

Stat	Reilly Opelka	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Aces	21	7
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	68	45
First serve points won %	74	72
Second serve points won %	55	52
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Reilly Opelka	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Country	USA	GEO
Birth date	Aug 28, 1997	Feb 23, 1992
Age	24	29
Height	211 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	39
Ranking points (entering)	2,206	1,578
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,839
Current career W-L	124–119	151–183
Current career earnings	$6,150,025	$9,834,308

Pre-match H2H

Reilly Opelka #24 0 – 0 Nikoloz Basilashvili #39

Path

Reilly Opelka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lorenzo Musetti #60	7-6(1) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2021	R64
Soonwoo Kwon #76	7-6(3) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2021	R128

Reilly Opelka's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lloyd Harris #46	7-6(6) 4-6 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 2021	R16

Nikoloz Basilashvili's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maxime Cressy #151	7-6(3) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2021	R64
Sebastian Korda #45	6-2 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2021	R128