Rinky Hijikata and Dane Sweeny will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT C. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.28
Dane Sweeny -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Dane Sweeny
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Dane Sweeny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-33 | 17-17 | 4-7 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 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. 167, Rinky will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-3 5-7 6-2 to Serdarusic in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
Hijikata has a compiled 52-28 win-loss record in 2022, 9-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Hijikata’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Calabasas,M25 Columbus and the Playford Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Rinky has an overall 118-63 record. He has a positive 10-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
Dane Sweeny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76-25 | 69-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-26 | 18-19 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-33 | 25-23 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 62-26 | 59-22 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 19-15 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 237, Sweeny will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Paire in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
Dane has a compiled 62-24 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Dane’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Canberra,M15 Caloundra,M25 Darwin and M25 Cairns.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 109-71 record. He has a flat 7-7 record on indoor hard courts.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Tatsuma ItoIto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction