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.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.8
Lukas Lacko -> 1.97
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
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
| 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 |
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.
Lukas Lacko
2 - 13win/loss
831
44
| 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 |
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas LackoLacko – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CoxCox – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Michael MmohMmoh (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel MasurMasur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Anton MatusevichMatusevich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Charles BroomBroom – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction