Reilly Opelka

Reilly Opelka is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is the tallest-ever ATP-ranked player, standing at 6 feet 11 inches tall (tied with Ivo Karlovi), and can serve in the low-140 mph range. He has been ranked as high as world No. 19 in singles by the ATP on September 13, 2021, and world No. 89 in doubles on August 2, 2021. He has two ATP singles titles and one ATP doubles title to his credit. He is a Wimbledon junior champion. Opelka won the 2015 Junior Wimbledon tournament, defeating Junior world No. 1 Taylor Fritz en route to defeating Mikael Ymer in the final, and reached the Wimbledon Championships finals of the Boys' Doubles event (with Akira Santillan).

Opelka upset compatriot John Isner in the first round of the 2019 Australian Open. This was his second win in the top ten of his career. In February, Opelka defeated Isner once more on his way to winning the New York Open, his first ATP title. In July, he had his best Grand Slam performance to date, reaching the third round of Wimbledon and defeating Stan Wawrinka in the process. He reached the semifinals of tournaments in Atlanta, Tokyo, and Basel during the summer and fall. He represented the United States in the Davis Cup Finals in November, losing both of his rubbers. He was ranked 36th in the world at the end of the season.

Opelka won his second career trophy at the Delray Beach Open in February 2020. After an extended break due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, play resumed at the Cincinnati Masters, and Opelka advanced to his first ATP Tour Masters quarterfinal. In the process, he defeated Matteo Berrettini for his fifth career top ten win.

2021 eventful

Opelka decided against defending his Delray Beach championship. Instead, he started the season as the sixth seed at the Great Ocean Road Open, where he was defeated in the second round by Botic van de Zandschulp. He defeated Lu Yen-hsun at the Australian Open before losing to Taylor Fritz, the 27th seed, despite holding match points in the fourth set. Opelka reached his first Masters semifinal in Rome, defeating Richard Gasquet, Lorenzo Musetti, Aslan Karatsev, and Federico Delbonis. He lost to Rafael Nadal. Opelka, seeded 32nd at the French Open, advanced to the third round by defeating clay-court specialists Andrej Martin and Jaume Munar, his best showing at this Grand Slam event, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev.

He won his first doubles title at the Atlanta Open with Jannik Sinner, defeating Steve Johnson and Jordan Thompson. As a result, on August 2, 2021, he entered the top 100 in doubles at No. 89. He lost in the quarterfinals of the same tournament in singles to Taylor Fritz. For the first time in his career, Opelka advanced to the fourth round of a Major at the US Open. He was defeated in four sets by Lloyd Harris there. On the back of this run, he broke into the top 20 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time on September 13, 2021, at world No. 19.

Grand Slam singles record

Australian Open - 3R (2022)

French Open - 3R (2021)

Wimbledon - 3R (2019)

US Open - 4R (2021)