Gijs Brouwer and Rinky Hijikata will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.88
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Gijs Brouwer vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Gijs Brouwer and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gijs Brouwer
Ranked no. 402, Brouwer got to the qualifications after defeating Brian Cernoch 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gijs had a good straight sets win against Cernoch (6-4 6-3). During the match, Brouwer scored 62 points vs Cernoch’s 59. Brouwer was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brouwer scored just 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 63% of his first serves in, winning 58% (19/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Brouwer broke Cernoch 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Brouwer has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (196-120). 7-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brouwer has an aggregate66-33 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Gijs’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Trimbach and M25 Champaign.
Brouwer has an overall 33-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger
Gijs has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
Ranked no. 583 (career-high), will start his run in the Cary 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary 2 Challenger where he overcame 6-2 6-2 to King in the qualifications on the 12th of September.
The Australian has a composed 26-9 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Hijikata’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Edwardsville and M25 Sierre.
The Australian won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Rinky has an overall 51-31 record. He has a positive 33-17 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brouwer | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 62-59 | 66-45 |
| Total Points | 121 | 111 |
| Winners | 19 | 26 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Both Brouwer and Hijikata played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Brouwer and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Brouwer played 3 games more than Hijikata. The Dutch scored 19 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brouwer | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 10 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 29/51 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 19/33 | 26/29 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 45% |
Brouwer made 1 ace . Hijikata also managed to score 10 aces . Brouwer won 58% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brouwer | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Gijs broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gijs surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Hijikata was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Brouwer | |||
| Q1 Cernoch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-59 | 62-59 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hijikata | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | – | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | NAN% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | NAN% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | NAN% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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