Rinky Hijikata and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the qualifications of the Abierto de Tenis Mifel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.188
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 4.75
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Gonzalo Villanueva 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. 221, Hijikata reached the qualifications after beating Juan Sebastian Gomez 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Sebastian Gomez (6-2 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 69 points vs Sebastian Gomez’s 50. Hijikata was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Sebastian Gomez 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (101-53). 27-11 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall74-31 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Rinky’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield and M25 Calabasas.
The Australian has a composed 35-18 win-loss record in 2022, 27-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 41-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Villanueva got to the qualifications after beating Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Carlos Alvarez Valdes (6-1 6-2). During the match Villanueva scored 62 points vs Carlos Alvarez Valdes’s 38. Villanueva was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 60% of his first serves in, winning 60% (18/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Carlos Alvarez Valdes 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Gonzalo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Rosario.
Gonzalo has an aggregate 27-17 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 |
| Pts | 69-50 | 62-38 |
| Total Points | 119 | 100 |
| Winners | 23 | 18 |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% |
Both Hijikata and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 2 games more than Villanueva. Rinky scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Villanueva recorded 18 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/59 | 30/50 |
| %1st in | 47% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 18/30 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 10/20 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Hijikata made 6 aces . Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hijikata won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 60% of the points on 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 | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 30% | 70% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Rinky broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Rinky was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Villanueva broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Sebastian Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 69-50 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/59 | 28/59 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Carlos Alvarez Valdes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 62-38 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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