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Reilly Opelka<\/a> is an American tennis player born on 28 August 1997 in St. Joseph, Michigan but lives in Palm Coast, Florida with his father George, sister Brenna and his mother Lynne. Reilly Opelka began playing the sport at the early age of six<\/strong>, since then he favours the clay surface and has a killer overhead shot<\/strong> (being right handed) and is ranked as number 1134 as of 29 June 2015.<\/p>\n His favourite tournament is the US Open<\/a>, among his idols we can count Juan Martin del Porto and Tracy McGrady and like so many other tennis players he likes the NBA favourite basketball team<\/strong> being the Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coached by Diego Moyano, Opelka trains in Florida at the USTA facility under the supervision of physical trainers Satoshi Ochi and Brett Waltz, and Reilly Opelka is managed by Lagardere Unlimited.<\/p>\n In the year 2014 he was ranked as number one top junior<\/strong> at the Grand Slam Doubles and number two at the Grand Slam Singles tournament.<\/p>\n In 2015 the turned pro<\/strong>, reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open singles and winning the Wimbledon doubles with partner Akira Santillan<\/strong> and won the Wimbledon singles defeating World number 1 Taylor Fritz and in the final Sweden\u2019s Mikael Ymer with on a grass surface with a score of 7-6 and 6-4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the age of 17 he is surely someone to watch for in the future, extreme physical\u00a0 abilities, high tennis IQ, Reilly Opelka is 2.08 m (6 ft. 10 in)<\/strong> and can serve with a speed of 130 mph. Opelka is currently ranked as 1109 at single and 1600T at doubles as of 20 July 2015.<\/p>\n