Rinky Hijikata and Ben Shelton will face off in the 1st round of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 pm on COURT 1. 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
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Ben Shelton square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hijikata won 6-3 7-6(8) in the 1st round in the Orlando Challenger back in June 2022.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-22 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 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. 217 (career-high), Rinky will start his run in the Indianapolis Challenger after he played his last match in the Rome Challenger where he lost 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(6) to Habib in the 1st round on the 11th of July.
Rinky has an aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Rinky’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
Talking about his overall career, Rinky has an overall 100-51 record. He has a flat 3-3 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 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. 323 (career-high), the American will start his run in the Indianapolis Challenger after he played his last match in the Rome Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Wu in the final on the 17th of July.
The American has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger.
In terms of his career, Ben has an overall 27-10 record. He has a positive 12-3 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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