Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rinky Hijikata will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.058
Rinky Hijikata -> 9.3
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 11-6 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Stefanos got to the 2nd round after beating Quentin Halys 6-3 6-4 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-3 6-4 7-66). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 102 points vs Halys’s 83. Tsitsipas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 64% of his first serves in, winning 84% (51/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Tsitsipas broke Halys 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (398-179). 5-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has an overall154-76 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Greek’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.
Stefanos has a composed 5-0 win-loss record in 2023, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Rinky Hijikata
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 8-11 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 169, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Yannick Hanfmann 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a tough win against Hanfmann to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (4-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 175 points vs Hanfmann’s 168. Hijikata was exceptionally aggressive to blast 90 winners.
Talking about serving, Hijikata recorded 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (90/121) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (33/70) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hanfmann 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Hijikata has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tsitsipas | Hijikata |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
Tot Games | 32 | 51 |
Pts | 102-83 | 175-168 |
Total Points | 185 | 343 |
Winners | 51 | 90 |
%Winners | 50% | 51% |
Both Tsitsipas and Hijikata played 1 match. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 2 sets while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 2 set(s) less than Hijikata (3 vs 5). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 19 games less than Hijikata. The Greek scored 51 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky recorded 90 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tsitsipas | Hijikata |
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Aces | 17 | 15 |
Avg per match | 17 | 15 |
1st in | 61/95 | 121/191 |
%1st in | 64% | 63% |
1st pts | 51/61 | 90/121 |
%1st pts | 84% | 74% |
2nd pts | 17/34 | 33/70 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Tsitsipas bagged 17 aces . Hijikata struck 15 aces . Tsitsipas won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tsitsipas | Hijikata |
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Won | 4 | 3 |
Converted | 4/7 | 3/11 |
% Converted | 57% | 27% |
Conceded | 9 | 15 |
Saved | 7 | 12 |
% Saved | 78% | 80% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Greek broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Greek surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
Tsitsipas | |||
R1 Halys |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 7-66 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
pts | 102-83 | 102-83 | |
Total points | 185 | 185 | |
Winners | 51 | 51 | |
%Winners | 50% | 50% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 17 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
1st in | 61/95 | 61/95 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 51/61 | 51/61 | |
% 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Hijikata | |||
R1 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 51 | 51 | |
pts | 175-168 | 175-168 | |
Total points | 343 | 343 | |
Winners | 90 | 90 | |
%Winners | 51% | 51% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 15 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
1st in | 121/191 | 121/191 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 90/121 | 90/121 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 33/70 | 33/70 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
Saved | 12/15 | 12 | |
Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Head 2 Head
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