Zsombor Piros and Rinky Hijikata will fight against each other in the quarter of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on SHOW COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.8
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 1-4 | 10-11 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Zsombor reached the quarter after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Li Tu 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Piros scored 78 points vs Tu’s 64. The Hungarian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Piros was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Zsombor Piros conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Zsombor broke Tu twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Hungarian has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (181-102). 4-5 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has an aggregate34-29 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Hungarian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Split Challenger and the Tampere Challenger.
The Hungarian has a compiled 35-20 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Zsombor has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 194 (career-high), Rinky got to the quarter after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-4 and Dalibor Svrcina 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Svrcina, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Hijikata scored 98 points vs Svrcina’s 82. Hijikata was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Svrcina 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hijikata has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Rinky’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Calabasas and M25 Columbus.
Rinky has an aggregate 46-23 win-loss record in 2022, 31-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 47 |
| Pts | 169-147 | 165-144 |
| Total Points | 316 | 309 |
| Winners | 69 | 59 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Piros and Hijikata played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zsombor Piros dropped 1 set, while Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Piros and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Piros played 1 game more than Hijikata. Zsombor scored 69 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 59 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 101/165 | 91/146 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 69/101 | 59/91 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 38/64 | 30/55 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 55% |
Piros made 4 aces (2 per match). Hijikata bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Piros won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Piros broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Piros surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | ||||
| R1 Coppejans |
R2 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 48 | |
| pts | 91-83 | 78-64 | 169-147 | |
| Total points | 174 | 142 | 316 | |
| Winners | 39 | 30 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 43/68 | 101/165 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 30/43 | 69/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 17/25 | 38/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 68% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/8 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 25% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Svrcina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| pts | 67-62 | 98-82 | 165-144 | |
| Total points | 129 | 180 | 309 | |
| Winners | 26 | 33 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 50/80 | 91/146 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 33/50 | 59/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 66% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/30 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 7/14 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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