Prediction Of Opelka Vs Nakashima H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Delray Beach Open 2025?

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Opelka and Nakashima are on the Day 4 Schedule at Delray Beach Open 2025 on Wednesday 12 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In the upcoming match, Reilly Opelka from the USA will be facing off against Brandon Nakashima, also from the USA. Opelka currently leads their head-to-head record with a score of 1-0. The last time they played was in Sydney, Australia on a hard court, where Opelka came out as the winner with a score of 7-6(4), 6-2.

Reilly Opelka is 27 years old and currently ranked as the World No. 121. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 17 in February 2022, but had to undergo hip surgery later in the year. He became the top-ranked American player in June 2021. Opelka has had a successful career so far, winning four ATP 250 titles on American soil. In 2022, he defeated John Isner in the Houston tournament and went on to win the Dallas title, breaking the record for the longest tiebreak in ATP Tour history. He also saved a match point against Milos Raonic and won the 2020 Delray Beach title, as well as saving six match points against Isner in the semifinals of the 2019 New York tournament and hitting 43 aces in the final to win his first title.

Opelka has also had some notable wins in his career, including upsetting No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2021 Toronto tournament to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final. He also defeated No. 7 Novak Djokovic en route to the 2025 Brisbane final, breaking Djokovic’s 34-match winning streak against Americans.

In the current tournament, Opelka is aiming to reach his 22nd ATP Tour quarterfinal and his fourth in Delray Beach. He previously reached the quarterfinals in 2018, won the title in 2020, and finished as the runner-up in 2022. If he advances to the quarterfinals in this tournament, he will tie his fellow countryman Paul, who also has three quarterfinal appearances in 2025.

On the other hand, Brandon Nakashima is 23 years old and currently ranked as the World No. 43. He broke into the Top 50 in July 2022 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 35 in September 2024. Nakashima had some notable wins in his career, including victories over No. 15 Holger Rune and No. 18 Lorenzo Musetti at the US Open, where he reached the fourth round. He also won the Next Gen ATP Finals title in 2022 and captured his first ATP Tour title by defeating his fellow American Marcos Giron in San Diego in the same year.

In 2021, Nakashima reached back-to-back ATP Tour finals in Los Cabos and Atlanta, becoming the youngest American player to accomplish this feat since Andy Roddick in 2001-2002. He had a successful 2022 season, reaching the third round at Roland Garros, the fourth round at Wimbledon, and the third round at the US Open. During these tournaments, he scored his first Top 20 wins by defeating Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov.

Nakashima is aiming to reach his 15th ATP Tour quarterfinal in this tournament, which would be his first since Hangzhou in September. He made his ATP Tour debut at the Delray Beach tournament as a wildcard when he was ranked No. 294. He remains the youngest American player to have reached the quarterfinals in the history of the event.

In summary, Reilly Opelka and Brandon Nakashima will face each other in the upcoming match. Opelka has the advantage in their head-to-head record, and he has had a successful career, including defeating top-ranked players and winning multiple titles. Nakashima has also had some notable achievements, such as reaching the Top 50 and winning his first ATP Tour title. Both players have the opportunity to advance to the quarterfinals in this tournament and continue their success on the ATP Tour.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Opelka will win.
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