Reilly Opelka
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Opelka at the 2013 US Open
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| Country (sports) |  United States |
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| Residence | Palm Coast, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | August 28, 1997 St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height | 6'11"(211sm)}[1] |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Diego Moyano |
| Prize money | $254,706 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6–9 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 125 (19 June 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 126 (17 July 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| French Open | Q3 (2017) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2017) |
| US Open | Q2 (2015, 2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 539 (26 September 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 1036 (26 June 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2015) |
| Last updated on: 1 July 2017. | |
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 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] and can serve in the low-140 mph range. Opelka is coached by Diego Moyano.[3] He is a former junior Wimbledon champion.
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Personal life[edit]
Opelka lives in Palm Coast, Florida.[4]
His uncle is conservative radio personality Mike "Stunt Brain" Opelka.
Junior career[edit]
Opelka won the 2015 Junior Wimbledon tournament, defeating World No. 1 Taylor Fritz en route to beating Mikael Ymer in the final,[4][5] and reached the finals of the Boys' Doubles event (with Akira Santillan) at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.[6]
Professional career[edit]
2016[edit]
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.
Tour finals[edit]
Singles (1 title)[edit]
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| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (1–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | November 5, 2016 | Charlottesville | Hard (i) |  Ruben Bemelmans |
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]
Boys' Singles: 1 (1–0)[edit]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Mikael Ymer |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Boys' Doubles: 1 (0–1)[edit]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Akira Santillan |
 Sumit Nagal Lý Hoàng Nam |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
References[edit]
- ^ Muralidharan, Ashwin. "Profiling Reilly Opelka - The American teen who might be the next 'big' thing' in men's tennis!". sportskeeda. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Muralidharan, Ashwin. "Profiling Reilly Opelka - The American teen who might be the next 'big' thing' in men's tennis!". sportskeeda. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b Boyle, Chris (July 10, 2015). "Palm Coast's Reilly Opelka defeats world's No. 1 junior, reaches Wimbledon final". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Camber, Simon (July 12, 2015). "Reilly Opelka’s big triumph hints at better days for American tennis". The Guardian. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Sumit Nagal Wins Junior Boys' Doubles Wimbledon Title". NDTV Sports. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
