Rinky Hijikata and Nicola Kuhn will play each other in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 4. 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.444
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.77
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
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.
Â
Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Nicola Kuhn
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Nicola Kuhn since this will be the first time that they will play 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. 228 (career-high), the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-5 6-3 and Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-2 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 57 points vs Muller’s 42. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 55% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Muller 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rinky started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (100-49). 4-1 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an aggregate5-3 win-loss record in the last 6 years on grass.
Rinky’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
Hijikata has an aggregate 34-14 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicola Kuhn
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-14 | 8-3 | 29-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-21 | 4-5 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-6 | 14-15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, Kuhn got to the qualifications after defeating Mate Valkusz 6-2 7-5 and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kuhn had a good straight sets win against Stebe (6-3 6-2). During the match Kuhn scored 61 points vs Stebe’s 43. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuhn made 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicola Kuhn was very effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicola broke Stebe 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has an overall 10-13 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 |
| Pts | 132-106 | 130-96 |
| Total Points | 238 | 226 |
| Winners | 57 | 48 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Hijikata and Kuhn played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Kuhn have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (37). Hijikata scored 57 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nicola managed to score 48 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 70/122 | 58/98 |
| %1st in | 57% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 57/70 | 48/58 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 24/52 | 23/40 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 58% |
Hijikata managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Kuhn blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Hijikata won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 54% | 53% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Hijikata broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Rinky surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Nicola broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | ||||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Q2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 57-42 | 132-106 | |
| Total points | 139 | 99 | 238 | |
| Winners | 33 | 24 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 30/55 | 70/122 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 24/30 | 57/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 10/25 | 24/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 40% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/7 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 71% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuhn | ||||
| Q1 Valkusz |
Q2 Stebe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 61-43 | 130-96 | |
| Total points | 122 | 104 | 226 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/46 | 58/98 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 10/17 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/11 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWLWLWLWW
LWWLWLWWWW Tennis Scores – Wimbledon
- Jason JungJung – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (7-69 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Arthur FeryFery (7-62 7-63) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Facundo MenaMena (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Joao MenezesMenezes (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-1 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Andrej MartinMartin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Gastao EliasElias (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vit KoprivaKopriva (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Antoine HoangHoang (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lukas RosolRosol – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andreas SeppiSeppi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
