H2H, PREDICTION Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Rinky Hijikata | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata

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.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
11
High
3
LLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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

Tsitsipas
Australian Open
Tsitsipas's Record

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
81
High
70
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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.

Hijikata
Australian Open
Hijikata's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Tsitsipas
R.Hijikata
2h:00
2h:00
Time on court​
!
4h:25
4h:25
2h:00
2h:00
Last match​
!
4h:25
4h:25
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
51
51
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
102
102
Total points​
175
175
102
102
Avg point​
175
175
51
51
Winners
90
90
51
51
Avg Winners​
90
90
50%
50%
Ratio winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
15
15
!
17
17
Avg Aces
!
15
15
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
51/61
51/61
1st won total​
90/121
90/121
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
17/34
17/34
2nd won total​
33/70
33/70
50%
50%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
3/11
3/11
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
3/11
3/11
!
57%
57%
Won
!
27%
27%
9
9
Conceded
15
15
9
9
Avg Conceded
15
15
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
7
7
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tsitsipas Hijikata
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
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
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

Win Loss
Tsitsipas
LLWWLWWLWW
Hijikata
LLLLWLWLWW
2024 2023 2022
10 - 6
8 - 11
10-6
Hard
7-10
0-0
I Hard
1-1

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