Rinky Hijikata and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Orlando Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.88
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against 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. 239, the Australian will start his run in the Orlando Challenger after he played his last match in the Little Rock Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-2 to Holt in the 2nd round on the 3rd of June.
The Australian has an aggregate 29-12 win-loss record in 2022, 25-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Rinky’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 95-47 record. He has a positive 72-29 record on hard.
Previously in the Orlando Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-22 | 21-12 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 442 (career-high), the American will start his run in the Orlando Challenger after he played his last match in the Little Rock Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Murray Kubler in the semifinal on the 4th of June.
Shelton has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Shelton’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 21-8 record. He has a positive 10-4 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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