Rinky Hijikata and Nathan Ponwith will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Columbus 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.33
Nathan Ponwith -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Nathan Ponwith
This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Nathan Ponwith face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Hijikata won 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in M25 Calabasas back in March 2022.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-20 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 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. 211, the Australian will start his run in the Columbus 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Nanda in the 1st round on the 12th of September.
Hijikata has an overall 41-22 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Rinky’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Calabasas and M25 Columbus.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 107-57 record. He has a positive 7-5 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Columbus 2 Challenger
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 14-12 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 529, the American reached the 1st round after beating Jack Anthrop 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Anthrop, Ponwith recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Ponwith scored less points (6) than Anthrop. In fact, the world no. 211 won 92 points vs Anthrop’s. That means that Ponwith was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Ponwith recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nathan Ponwith lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ponwith put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Anthrop 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Nathan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 San Diego,M15 Lakewood and M25 Edwardsville.
Nathan has a composed 26-19 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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