Rinky Hijikata and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.152
Philip Sekulic -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Philip Sekulic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 192, Rinky will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 3-6 7-6(12) 6-4 to Purcell in the 1st round on the 18th of October.
The Australian has an aggregate 47-26 win-loss record in 2022, 32-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the current 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 113-61 record. He has a positive 79-37 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-31 | 34-26 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-15 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 493 (career-high), Sekulic will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Cairns where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Sweeny in the final on the 16th of October.
The Australian has a compiled 29-20 win-loss record in 2022, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Philip’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Cairns.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 39-26 record. He has a positive 29-18 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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