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, United States |
| Born |
August 28, 1997 St. Joseph, Michigan, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | $172,450 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 5–5 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 180 (13 February 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 180 (13 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| US Open | Q2 (2015, 2016) |
| French Open Junior | QF (2015) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2015) |
| US Open Junior | 3R (2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 858 (30 January 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 539 (29 September 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon Junior | F (2015) |
| US Open Junior | 1R (2014) |
| Last updated on: 30 January 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 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) and can serve in the low-140 mph range. Opelka is coached by Diego Moyano. He is a former junior Wimbledon champion.
Opelka lives in Palm Coast, Florida.
His uncle is conservative radio personality Mike "Stunt Brain" Opelka.
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.
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.
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