Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Holt will play each other in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 13. 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 -> 1.68
Brandon Holt -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Holt clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hijikata won 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in M25 Santo Domingo back in March 2022.
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. 234, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-73 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Yevseyev, Hijikata recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 97 points vs Yevseyev’s 87. Hijikata was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata made 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 7 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 52% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (16/47) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Yevseyev 10 times after converting 77% of his break points (10/13).
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (95-46). 25-8 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a composed72-28 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Rinky’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
Rinky has an overall 29-11 win-loss record in 2022, 25-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-26 | 34-23 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 426, Holt got to the 2nd round after beating Andrew Harris 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-1 6-4). During the match Holt scored 63 points vs Harris’s 42. Brandon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt made 13 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Holt was very efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Harris 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Brandon’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Cancun and M25 Nottingham.
The American has an overall 32-7 win-loss record in 2022, 32-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 |
| Pts | 97-87 | 63-42 |
| Total Points | 184 | 105 |
| Winners | 33 | 30 |
| %Winners | 34% | 48% |
Both Hijikata and Holt played 1 match. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata lost 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Holt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hijikata played 15 games more than Holt. Rinky scored 33 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Holt made 30 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 51/98 | 38/59 |
| %1st in | 52% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 30/38 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 16/47 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 34% | 62% |
Hijikata fired 5 aces . Holt bagged 13 aces . Hijikata won 65% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 3 |
| Converted | 10/13 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 77% | 60% |
| Conceded | 14 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Holt broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Holt was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 97-87 | 97-87 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/98 | 51/98 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/47 | 16/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 77% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/14 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 63-42 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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