Reilly Opelka vs Jiri Lehecka Prediction & Betting Tips - Brisbane International

Prediction published on 04/01/2025, 10:43  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 04/01/2025 at 11:43 in Tennis Predictions

Two unseeded players meet in the final of the ATP Brisbane International. Wild card Reilly Opelka is up against unseeded Jiri Lehecka in this outdoor hard court tournament being held in Australia. Here's our match prediction.

It's been a great week for Reilly Opelka who has risen over 120 places in the rankings. The former world number 17 slid all the way to outside the top 1100 due to injuries. He's now up to 171st in the live rankings.

Wins this week have come against Frederico Augustin Gomez, Matteo Arnaldi, top seed Novak Djokovic and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. All of which has taken him into his first ATP Tour final since 2022.

Jiri Lehecka is up to 25th in the live rankings, two places below his career-high. It's his second final in recent months after getting to this stage in Antwerp and he also reached the Belgrade semi-final.

He has gone well in Brisbane too and in round one beat third seed Holger Rune. Since then, he's beaten Yoshihito Nishioka (in three sets) and Nicolas Jarry. The semi-final saw him beat defending champion Grigor Dimitrov.

Lehecka won the first set and his opponent retired at 4-4 in the second. We tip Lehecka to win this match.