Rinky Hijikata and Aleksandar Kovacevic will play each other in the qualifications of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.86
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Aleksandar Kovacevic play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hijikata and Kovacevic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kovacevic won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Los cabos back in February 2024.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-31 | 18-19 | 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. 79, Rinky reached the qualifications after defeating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Mochizuki (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match, Hijikata scored 97 points vs Mochizuki’s 91. Hijikata was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 51% of his first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Mochizuki 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (173-105). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an overall128-68 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Rinky has an overall 8-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-28 | 18-15 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, the American got to the qualifications after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kovacevic defeated Mejia (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Kovacevic and Mejia scored the same amount of points (99). However, the world no. 79 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic scored 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 78% (45/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Mejia 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Aleksandar has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 |
| Pts | 97-91 | 99-99 |
| Total Points | 188 | 198 |
| Winners | 28 | 45 |
| %Winners | 29% | 45% |
Both Hijikata and Kovacevic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rinky Hijikata lost 1 set, while Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Kovacevic have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (28). The Australian scored 28 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar recorded 45 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 45/88 | 58/102 |
| %1st in | 51% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 45/58 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 19/44 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 43% |
Hijikata scored 4 aces . Kovacevic managed to score 8 aces . Hijikata won 62% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 43% | 25% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Hijikata surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Kovacevic broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 97-91 | 97-91 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/88 | 45/88 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 19/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 99-99 | 99-99 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/102 | 58/102 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 45/58 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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