Michael Mmoh and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Mmoh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Mmoh is the pick to win this match.
Michael Mmoh -> 1.54
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Michael Mmoh vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Michael Mmoh and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Michael Mmoh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-12 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 18-12 | 8-7 | 17-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-9 | 6-5 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Michael reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mmoh had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-4 6-4). During the match, Mmoh scored 59 points vs Janvier’s 50. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mmoh made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Mmoh was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mmoh broke Janvier twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Mmoh has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (219-154). 2-2 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mmoh has a compiled 138-93 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
The American has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 337 (career-high), Rinky reached the 2nd round after beating William Blumberg 2-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round against Blumberg, Hijikata recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Hijikata scored 83 points vs Blumberg’s 72. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Hijikata scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Blumberg 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
The Australian has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mmoh | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 59-50 | 83-72 |
| Total Points | 109 | 155 |
| Winners | 33 | 31 |
| %Winners | 56% | 37% |
Both Mmoh and Hijikata played 1 match. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata conceded 1 set while Michael Mmoh hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mmoh has played 1 set(s) less than Hijikata (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mmoh played 3 games less than Hijikata. Mmoh scored 33 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky fired 31 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mmoh | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/54 | 47/77 |
| %1st in | 74% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 31/47 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 18/30 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 60% |
Mmoh fired 6 aces . Hijikata fired 2 aces . Mmoh won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mmoh | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Mmoh quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Hijikata broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mmoh | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 59-50 | 59-50 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Blumberg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 83-72 | 83-72 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/77 | 47/77 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Monterrey Challenger
- Jason JungJung – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – William BlumbergBlumberg (2-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Zhe LiLi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-70 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Milledge CossuCossu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Julian LenzLenz (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Zhe LiLi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Jose StathamStatham (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Milledge CossuCossu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – Christian HarrisonHarrison (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Alex RybakovRybakov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Jay ClarkeClarke (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
