H2H, PREDICTION Cedrik-Marcel Stebe vs Rinky Hijikata | Australian Open Qualifying odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Cedrik-Marcel Stebe vs. Rinky Hijikata

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and Rinky Hijikata will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open Qualifying for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11.30 am on Court A. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cedrik-Marcel Stebe who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is the pick to win this match.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 1.177
Rinky Hijikata -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Cedrik-Marcel Stebe vs. Rinky Hijikata

There is no head to head record between Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Ranked no. 126, the German got to the qualifications after beating Thomas Fabbiano 6-1 4-6 7-63.

In the qualifications, Stebe defeated Fabbiano (6-1 4-6 7-63). During the match Stebe scored 107 points vs Fabbiano’s 90. Stebe was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Stebe managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Stebe put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Fabbiano 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).

Stebe has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (169-109). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Stebe has a 40-29 record in the last years on hard.

Stebe has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 685, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-2 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 57 points vs Eubanks’s 45. Hijikata was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Hijikata blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rinky broke Eubanks 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The Australian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Stebe Hijikata
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 30 17
Pts 107-90 57-45
Total Points 197 102
Winners 37 26
%Winners 35% 46%

Both Stebe and Hijikata played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe surrendered 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t lost a set so far. Stebe has played 1 set more than Hijikata (3 vs 2). Therefore, Stebe played 13 games more than Hijikata. The German scored 37 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky made 26 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Stebe Hijikata
Aces 4 2
Avg per match 4 2
1st in 52/86 33/56
%1st in 60% 59%
1st pts 37/52 26/33
%1st pts 71% 79%
2nd pts 17/34 13/23
%2nd pts 50% 57%

Stebe recorded 4 aces . Hijikata fired 2 aces . Stebe won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Stebe Hijikata
Won 5 3
Converted 5/18 3/5
% Converted 28% 60%
Conceded 5 6
Saved 1 6
% Saved 20% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

Stebe broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The German dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Hijikata broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Stebe
Q1
Fabbiano
Total
Score 6-1 4-6 7-63
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 107-90 107-90
Total points 197 197
Winners 37 37
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 52/86 52/86
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 37/52 37/52
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 17/34 17/34
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/18 5/18
Converted % 28% 28%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 1/5 1
Saved % 20% 20%
Times Broken 4 4
Hijikata
Q1
Eubanks
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 57-45 57-45
Total points 102 102
Winners 26 26
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 33/56 33/56
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 26/33 26/33
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 13/23 13/23
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 6/6 6
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Stebe
Hijikata
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2024 2023 2022
0 - 0
16 - 22
0-0
Hard
9-12
0-0
I Hard
1-1
0-0
Clay
1-5
0-0
Grass
5-4

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