H2H, PREDICTION Rinky Hijikata vs Blake Ellis | Burnie Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Burnie Challenger. Hijikata and Ellis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Burnie Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
73
High
62
LWWWWWWWWW
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.

Hijikata
Burnie Challenger
Hijikata's Record

Blake Ellis

Blake Ellis
Blake Ellis

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
354
High
336
WWWWWWWLWL
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).

Ellis
Burnie Challenger
Ellis's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Hijikata
B.Ellis
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
1h:43
1h:43
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
61
61
Total points​
78
78
61
61
Avg point​
78
78
22
22
Winners
27
27
22
22
Avg Winners​
27
27
36%
36%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
22/28
22/28
1st won total​
27/37
27/37
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
13/22
13/22
2nd won total​
17/24
17/24
59%
59%
2nd won %
!
71%
71%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
3/6
3/6
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
44%
44%
Won
50%
50%
1
1
Conceded
2
2
1
1
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
1
1

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

Win Loss
Hijikata
LWWWWWWWWW
Ellis
WWWWWWWLWL
2024 2023 2022
36 - 33
49 - 29
29-21
Hard
41-25
1-1
I Hard
0-0
1-6
Clay
1-1
5-5
Grass
7-3

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