H2H, PREDICTION Rinky Hijikata vs Lukas Lacko | Ilkley Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Ilkley Challenger. Hijikata and Lacko will face off in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Lukas Lacko

Rinky Hijikata and Lukas Lacko will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.8
Lukas Lacko -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Lukas Lacko

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Lukas Lacko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
73
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-33 29-21 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
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Ranked no. 239, Rinky reached the qualifications after defeating Illya Marchenko 6-3 6-75 7-62.

In the qualifications, Rinky defeated Marchenko (6-3 6-75 7-62). During the match, Hijikata scored 140 points vs Marchenko’s 125. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 64 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 66% of his first serves in, winning 80% (64/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Marchenko twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Hijikata has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (97-48). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a composed2-2 record in the last 6 years on grass.

Rinky’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.

Rinky has an overall 31-13 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ilkley Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

Hijikata
Ilkley Challenger
Hijikata's Record

Lukas Lacko

Lukas Lacko
Lukas Lacko

2 - 13win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
1-5
Clay
0-5
Grass
1-2
Rank
831
High
44
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2022 3-18 1-3 0-5 1-6 1-3 0-1
2021 18-22 6-6 0-4 5-8 3-3 4-1
2020 7-14 0-1 2-5 4-7 0-0 1-1
2019 28-24 15-14 0-1 2-4 3-4 8-1
2018 22-26 5-13 0-0 9-7 8-5 0-1
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Ranked no. 242, Lukas got to the qualifications after defeating Alexander Ritschard 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Lukas had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-3 6-2). During the match Lacko scored 62 points vs Ritschard’s 45. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Lacko fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lukas Lacko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Lacko put 75% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Ritschard 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The Slovakian has a compiled 2-12 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Lacko
Ilkley Challenger
Lacko's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Hijikata
L.Lacko
!
3h:11
3h:11
Time on court​
1h:01
1h:01
!
3h:11
3h:11
Last match​
1h:01
1h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
140
140
Total points​
62
62
140
140
Avg point​
62
62
64
64
Winners
32
32
64
64
Avg Winners​
32
32
46%
46%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
7
7
10
10
Avg Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
64/80
64/80
1st won total​
32/41
32/41
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
19/41
19/41
2nd won total​
7/14
7/14
46%
46%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
BP won
3/7
3/7
2/8
2/8
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
25%
25%
Won
43%
43%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hijikata Lacko
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 35 17
Pts 140-125 62-45
Total Points 265 107
Winners 64 32
%Winners 46% 52%

Both Hijikata and Lacko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set while Lukas Lacko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Lacko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hijikata played 18 games more than Lacko. Rinky scored 64 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Lacko bagged 32 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hijikata Lacko
Aces 10 7
Avg per match 10 7
1st in 80/121 41/55
%1st in 66% 75%
1st pts 64/80 32/41
%1st pts 80% 78%
2nd pts 19/41 7/14
%2nd pts 46% 50%

Hijikata made 10 aces . Lacko bagged 7 aces . Hijikata won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Lacko won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hijikata Lacko
Won 2 3
Converted 2/8 3/7
% Converted 25% 43%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 2 4
% Saved 67% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Lacko broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Lukas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Hijikata
Q1
Marchenko		 Total
Score 6-3 6-75 7-62
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 140-125 140-125
Total points 265 265
Winners 64 64
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 80/121 80/121
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 64/80 64/80
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 19/41 19/41
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/8 2/8
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Lacko
Q1
Ritschard		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 62-45 62-45
Total points 107 107
Winners 32 32
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 41/55 41/55
% 1st in 75% 75%
1st pts 32/41 32/41
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 7/14 7/14
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 4/4 4
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Rinky Hijikata
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3Chall
  • 7Minor
Lukas Lacko
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 14Chall
  • 8Minor

Rinky
Hijikata

1:0

Lukas
Lacko

Rank

73

High

62

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Rank
High

44

Win Loss
Hijikata
LWWWWWWWWW
Lacko
2024 2023 2022
36 - 33
0 - 0
29-21
Hard
0-0
1-1
I Hard
0-0
1-6
Clay
0-0
5-5
Grass
0-0
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