James Duckworth and Rinky Hijikata will face off in the qualifications of the Adelaide International 1 for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.86
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Rinky Hijikata play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Hijikata won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in the Playford Challenger back in October 2022.

James Duckworth

James Duckworth

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
106
High
46
WWLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-33 19-19 6-4 10-4 5-6 0-0
2024 42-29 23-14 2-3 7-7 10-5 0-0
2023 51-28 43-21 1-3 5-2 2-2 0-0
2022 24-27 20-18 0-2 0-1 4-6 0-0
2021 36-24 15-9 1-2 12-9 8-4 0-0

Ranked no. 155, James reached the qualifications after beating Ben Shelton 6-3 7-62.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shelton (6-3 7-62). During the match, Duckworth scored 82 points vs Shelton’s 63. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Duckworth recorded 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (32/36) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duckworth broke Shelton once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).

Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (301-199). 20-18 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has an overall 192-119 record in the last years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Cassis Challenger.

Duckworth has a composed 24-27 win-loss record in 2022, 20-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Adelaide
Duckworth's Record

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
127
High
62
WWLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-32 15-16 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. 164, Hijikata reached the qualifications after defeating Gregoire Barrere 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-2 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 66 points vs Barrere’s 42. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Hijikata fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Rinky Hijikata was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Barrere 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Rinky’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Calabasas,M25 Columbus and the Playford Challenger.

Hijikata has an overall 53-29 win-loss record in 2022, 37-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Adelaide
Hijikata's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Duckworth
R.Hijikata
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
1h:08
1h:08
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:08
1h:08
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
82
82
Total points​
66
66
82
82
Avg point​
66
66
32
32
Winners
25
25
32
32
Avg Winners​
25
25
39%
39%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
3
3
!
12
12
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
32/36
32/36
1st won total​
25/30
25/30
!
89%
89%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
16/24
16/24
2nd won total​
12/17
12/17
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
71%
71%
-- Break Points --
1/10
1/10
BP won
3/7
3/7
1/10
1/10
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
10%
10%
Won
43%
43%
1
1
Conceded
0
0
1
1
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Duckworth Hijikata
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 17
Pts 82-63 66-42
Total Points 145 108
Winners 32 25
%Winners 39% 38%

Both Duckworth and Hijikata played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Duckworth played 5 games more than Hijikata. James scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky bagged 25 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Duckworth Hijikata
Aces 12 3
Avg per match 12 3
1st in 36/60 30/47
%1st in 60% 64%
1st pts 32/36 25/30
%1st pts 89% 83%
2nd pts 16/24 12/17
%2nd pts 67% 71%

Duckworth bagged 12 aces . Hijikata blasted 3 aces . Duckworth won 89% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Duckworth Hijikata
Won 1 3
Converted 1/10 3/7
% Converted 10% 43%
Conceded 1 0
Saved 1 0
% Saved 100% 0%
Times Broken 0 0

James broke his opponent once with a 10% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Hijikata was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Duckworth
Q1
Shelton
Total
Score 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 82-63 82-63
Total points 145 145
Winners 32 32
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 36/60 36/60
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 32/36 32/36
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 16/24 16/24
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/10 1/10
Converted % 10% 10%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Hijikata
Q1
Barrere
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 66-42 66-42
Total points 108 108
Winners 25 25
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 30/47 30/47
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 25/30 25/30
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 12/17 12/17
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0

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