Rinky Hijikata and Ulises Blanch will square off in the 2nd round of the Orlando Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.51
Ulises Blanch -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will face off 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 reached the 2nd round after beating Ben Shelton 6-3 7-68.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shelton (6-3 7-68). During the match, Hijikata scored 74 points vs Shelton’s 67. Rinky was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rinky broke Shelton once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (96-47). 26-9 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a compiled73-29 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Hijikata’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
The Australian has a compiled 30-12 win-loss record in 2022, 26-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orlando Challenger
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 308, Blanch reached the 2nd round after beating Gilbert Klier Junior 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Klier Junior (7-65 6-4). During the match Blanch and Klier Junior scored the same amount of points (76). However, the world no. 239 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Blanch was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ulises Blanch lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 57% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Klier Junior twice.
Blanch’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Shymkent 1 Challenger.
The American has a composed 15-14 win-loss record in 2022, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 |
| Pts | 74-67 | 76-76 |
| Total Points | 141 | 152 |
| Winners | 38 | 32 |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% |
Both Hijikata and Blanch played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 1 game less than Blanch. The Australian scored 38 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ulises fired 32 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 50/87 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 32/50 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 22/37 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Hijikata struck 4 aces . Blanch blasted 6 aces . Hijikata won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 33% | 100% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Rinky broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Rinky extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 8 break points. Ulises broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Shelton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-67 | 74-67 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blanch | |||
| R1 Klier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-76 | 76-76 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 50/87 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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