Country (sports) United States Role Tennis Player Name Reilly Opelka | Career titles 0 Career record 0-0 Height 2.11 m | |
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Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand) Highest ranking No. 1104 (March 2, 2015) Similar John Isner, Tim van Rijthoven, Nick Kyrgios Profiles | ||
2015 day 13 highlights reilly opelka vs mikael ymer final
Reilly Opelka (born August 28, 1997 in St. Joseph, Michigan) is an American tennis player. He is one of the tallest players ever on the ATP Tour at 6ft 11in (2.1m) and can serve in the low-140 mph range. Opelka is coached by Diego Moyano. He is a former junior Wimbledon champion.
Contents
- 2015 day 13 highlights reilly opelka vs mikael ymer final
- Reilly opelka 2014 eddie herr
- Personal life
- Junior career
- Professional career
- References
Reilly opelka 2014 eddie herr
Personal life
Opelka lives in Palm Coast, Florida.
His uncle is conservative radio personality Mike "Stunt Brain" Opelka.
Junior career
Opelka won the 2015 Junior Wimbledon tournament, defeating World No. 1 Taylor Fritz en route to beating Mikael Ymer in the final, and reached the finals of the Boys' Doubles event (with Akira Santillan) at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
Professional career
2016 Opelka made his ATP debut at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, where he lost in the first round to fifth seed Sam Querrey. In August, Opelka won his first three career ATP matches at the BB&T Atlanta Open to reach the semi-finals at just his 3rd career ATP event. This included a victory over fellow 200-cm player No. 27 Kevin Anderson in which he saved two match points on Anderson's serve. He lost in the semi-finals to top seeded John Isner. He then defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky at Los Cabos Open before losing in straight sets to number 1 seed Feliciano López. He continued his momentum at the Cincinnati Masters where he defeated Jérémy Chardy coming from a set down and saving multiple match points before losing to 7th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
After struggling with a foot injury towards the end of the summer, Opelka returned to the USTA Pro Circuit for the indoor season and won his first ATP Challenger title at Charlottesville.