Rinky Hijikata and Evan Zhu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Delray Beach Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. 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 Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.096
Evan Zhu -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 20-17 | 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. 119 (career-high), the Australian will start his run in Delray Beach after he won the title in the Burnie Challenger after beating 6-3 6-3 Duckworth in the final.
Hijikata has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Rinky won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Hijikata has an overall 127-67 record. He has a positive 92-42 record on hard.
Previously in Delray Beach
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-33 | 23-26 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-22 | 22-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-32 | 21-21 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-31 | 14-13 | 25-12 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288 (career-high), Zhu will start his run in Delray Beach after he played his last match in Dallas where he lost 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) to Verdasco in the qualifications on the 5th of February.
Evan has an overall 1-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, Evan has an overall 154-147 record. He has a negative 87-90 record on hard.
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