Rinky Hijikata and Steven Diez will play each other in the 1st round of the Aguascalientes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on CANCHA LA HUERTA. 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 -> 1.66
Steven Diez -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 254 (career-high), Rinky will start his run in the Aguascalientes Challenger after he played his last match in the Sarasota Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 to Wu in the 1st round on the 12th of April.
Hijikata has an overall 25-9 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Rinky’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
Talking about his overall career, Hijikata has an overall 91-44 record. He has a positive 19-13 record on clay.
Previously in the Aguascalientes Challenger
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, the Canadian will start his run in the Aguascalientes Challenger after he played his last match in Houston where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Thompson in the 1st round on the 5th of April.
Diez has a composed 7-11 win-loss record in 2022, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Canadian has an overall 484-365 record. He has a positive 298-211 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Filip Cristian JianuFilip – Tim Van RijthovenTim (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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- Jay ClarkeJay – Yuichi SugitaYuichi (5-7 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steven DiezDiez – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine BellierBellier – Denis IstominIstomin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
