Rinky Hijikata and Yasutaka Uchiyama will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.63
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Yasutaka Uchiyama since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-30 | 18-18 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 37-23 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-29 | 37-19 | 2-2 | 10-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-13 | 31-9 | 9-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Omar Jasika 6-76 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Jasika, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 109 points vs Jasika’s 101. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (18/48) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Jasika 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (136-77). 17-11 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed101-50 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Australian has a composed 17-13 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 25-14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-21 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-26 | 9-13 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 240, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Young Seok Kim 6-3 6-1, Ji Hoon Son 7-67 3-6 6-1 and Hyeon Chung 6-3 6-73 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Chung (6-3 6-73 6-2). During the match Uchiyama scored 103 points vs Chung’s 87. Yasutaka was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Uchiyama managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Chung 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Yasutaka’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 75 |
| Pts | 109-101 | 251-206 |
| Total Points | 210 | 457 |
| Winners | 46 | 113 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Hijikata played 1 match while Uchiyama competed in 3 matches. Uchiyama started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Rinky Hijikata surrendered 1 set, while Yasutaka Uchiyama conceded 2 sets. Hijikata has played 5 set(s) less than Uchiyama (3 vs 8). Therefore, Hijikata played 45 games less than Uchiyama. The Australian scored 46 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Yasutaka bagged 113 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 69/117 | 144/210 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 113/144 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/48 | 34/66 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 52% |
Hijikata recorded 4 aces . Uchiyama fired 26 aces (8.7 per match). Hijikata won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 70% | 41% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 56% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Rinky broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Uchiyama broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Yasutaka conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-101 | 109-101 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 69/117 | 69/117 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 46/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/48 | 18/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Uchiyama | |||||
| Q1 Seok Kim |
Q3 Hoon Son |
R1 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-67 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-73 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 30 | 75 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 90-83 | 103-87 | 251-206 | |
| Total points | 94 | 173 | 190 | 457 | |
| Winners | 24 | 44 | 45 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 17 | 7 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 57/81 | 57/91 | 144/210 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 70% | 63% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 44/57 | 45/57 | 113/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 11/24 | 18/34 | 34/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 46% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/11 | 4/13 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 36% | 31% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/4 | 5/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 25% | 83% | 158% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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