Rinky Hijikata and Malek Jaziri will play each other in the 2nd round of the Morelos Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on ESTADIO MORELOS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.24
Malek Jaziri -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Malek Jaziri
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Malek Jaziri since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-31 | 18-19 | 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. 253 (career-high), Rinky got to the 2nd round after defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 62 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 46. Rinky was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Pacheco Mendez 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (92-45). 22-7 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed69-27 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Rinky’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
Rinky has an overall 26-10 win-loss record in 2022, 22-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Malek Jaziri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-31 | 6-11 | 9-14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-28 | 4-7 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-17 | 3-6 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 12-29 | 4-13 | 5-12 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, the Tunisian got to the 2nd round after beating Pedja Krstin 5-7 6-1 7-62.
In the 1st round against Krstin, Jaziri recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-62). During the match Jaziri scored 96 points vs Krstin’s 89. Malek was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Jaziri blasted 18 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Malek Jaziri lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jaziri put 58% of his first serves in, winning 83% (48/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Jaziri broke Krstin 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Malek has an overall 8-11 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Jaziri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 62-46 | 96-89 |
| Total Points | 108 | 185 |
| Winners | 28 | 48 |
| %Winners | 45% | 50% |
Both Hijikata and Jaziri played 1 match. At the moment, Malek Jaziri dropped 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Jaziri (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 15 games less than Jaziri. Rinky scored 28 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Malek managed to score 48 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Jaziri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 18 |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 58/100 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 48/58 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 48% |
Hijikata made 4 aces . Jaziri fired 18 aces . Hijikata won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Jaziri won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Jaziri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Rinky surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Malek broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Malek conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Pacheco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaziri | |||
| R1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 96-89 | 96-89 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 58/100 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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