Rinky Hijikata and Nino Serdarusic will square off in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.33
Nino Serdarusic -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Nino Serdarusic
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Nino Serdarusic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 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. 167, the Australian will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Sydney Challenger where he lost 6-3 4-6 7-5 to Shimizu in the 1st round on the 1st of November.
Rinky has an aggregate 52-27 win-loss record in 2022, 37-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Hijikata’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Calabasas,M25 Columbus and the Playford Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 118-62 record. He has a positive 84-38 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
Nino Serdarusic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 1-2 | 14-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-33 | 0-4 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-34 | 6-6 | 17-20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-33 | 0-0 | 23-25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-14 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254, Serdarusic will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(5) to Watanuki in the semifinal on the 4th of November.
Nino has an overall 23-31 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Croatian has an overall 302-244 record. He has a negative 16-26 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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