Zachary Svajda and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.67
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Zachary Svajda and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zachary Svajda
Ranked no. 476 (career-high), the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Kozlov 7-5 2-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Zachary had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (7-5 2-0 ret.). During the match, Svajda scored 46 points vs Kozlov’s 36. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svajda recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zachary Svajda lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 55% of his first serves in, winning 76% (16/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Zachary broke Kozlov 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Svajda has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (21-15). 15-6 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Svajda has a compiled20-11 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
Svajda has an overall 15-7 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger
Zachary has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
Ranked no. 481 (career-high), Rinky reached the 2nd round after beating Evan King 6-2 6-2, Gijs Brouwer 7-5 6-4 and Jason Jung 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Jung (6-4 6-4). During the match Hijikata scored 64 points vs Jung’s 53. Rinky was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Jung 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Rinky’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Edwardsville and M25 Sierre.
Hijikata has an overall 29-9 win-loss record in 2021, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svajda | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 58 |
| Pts | 46-36 | 205-166 |
| Total Points | 82 | 371 |
| Winners | 16 | 78 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Svajda played 1 match while Hijikata competed in 3 matches. Hijikata started his run from the qualifications while Svajda had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Svajda has played 3 set(s) less than Hijikata (3 vs 6). Therefore, Svajda played 44 games less than Hijikata. Svajda scored 16 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky scored 78 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svajda | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 101/180 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 78/101 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 39/79 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 49% |
Svajda managed to score 4 aces . Hijikata managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Svajda won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svajda | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zachary lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Hijikata broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Svajda | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 46-36 | 46-36 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 16/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hijikata | |||||
| Q1 King |
Q3 Brouwer |
R1 Jung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 20 | 58 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 75-68 | 64-53 | 205-166 | |
| Total points | 111 | 143 | 117 | 371 | |
| Winners | 26 | 31 | 21 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 41/75 | 31/54 | 101/180 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 55% | 57% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 31/41 | 21/31 | 78/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 76% | 68% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 15/34 | 14/23 | 39/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 44% | 61% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 33% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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