Rinky Hijikata and Govind Nanda will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.6
Govind Nanda -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Govind Nanda

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Govind Nanda since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata

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Rank
127
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-33 15-17 4-7 6-5 4-4 0-0
2024 36-33 29-21 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

Ranked no. 357 (career-high), Rinky will start his run in the Cleveland Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-4 2-1 ret. to Dzumhur in the qualifications on the 12th of January.

The Australian has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

Talking about his overall career, Rinky has an overall 69-37 record. He has a flat 1-1 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Cleveland Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

Cleveland Challenger
Hijikata's Record

Govind Nanda

Govind Nanda

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Rank
556
High
339
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-18 15-14 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-16 17-10 0-0 9-6 0-0 0-0
2023 5-6 1-3 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-26 22-19 5-3 0-4 0-0 0-0
2021 23-14 21-10 2-2 0-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 443 (career-high), Govind will start his run in the Cleveland Challenger after he played his last match in the Columbus Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-2 6-4

to Rybakov in the qualifications on the 23rd of January.

Govind has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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In terms of his career, The American has an overall 79-50 record. He has a negative 0-5 record on indoor hard courts.

Cleveland Challenger
Nanda's Record

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