Denis Kudla and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the qualifications of the Melbourne Summer Set for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 11. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
Denis Kudla -> 1.24
Rinky Hijikata -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, the American will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(5) to Wolf in the 2nd round on the 4th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Kudla has an overall 428-319 record. He has a positive 202-154 record on hard.
Previously in Melbourne
Kudla has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-22 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 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. 375, Hijikata will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-7(2) 6-3 to Mchugh in the qualifications on the 8th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, Hijikata has an overall 66-35 record. He has a positive 47-20 record on hard.
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