Rinky Hijikata and Blake Ellis will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Burnie Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines 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.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.22
Blake Ellis -> 3.94
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Blake Ellis
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Blake Ellis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149 (career-high), Rinky got to the 2nd round after beating Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 61 points vs Takahashi’s 42. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hijikata broke Takahashi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (123-67). 4-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an overall88-42 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Australian has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Burnie Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-29 | 41-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 669, Blake reached the 2nd round after defeating Luke Saville 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-4 7-5). During the match Ellis scored 78 points vs Saville’s 64. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Ellis bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Blake Ellis was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blake broke Saville 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Blake has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 61-42 | 78-64 |
| Total Points | 103 | 142 |
| Winners | 22 | 27 |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% |
Both Hijikata and Ellis played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Ellis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 5 games less than Ellis. Hijikata scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Blake blasted 27 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 37/61 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 27/37 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 17/24 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 71% |
Hijikata recorded 3 aces . Ellis scored 5 aces . Hijikata won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ellis won 73% 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 | Hijikata | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Rinky broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Blake conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 61-42 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 28/50 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ellis | |||
| R1 Saville |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 78-64 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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