Rinky Hijikata and Nathan Ponwith will play each other in the 1^st round of the Rome Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.084
Nathan Ponwith -> 6.6

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Nathan Ponwith

This will be the 4^th time that Rinky Hijikata and Nathan Ponwith square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Hijikata won 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Columbus 2 Challenger back in 2022.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 117, the Australian will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-4 to Zhu in the qualifications on the 11^th of February.

Rinky has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 127-68 record. He has a positive 11-7 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

Nathan Ponwith

Ranked no. 480 (career-high), will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he won the title in M25 Wesley Chapel after beating 6-3 6-2 Langmo in the final.

Nathan has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Nathan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Wesley Chapel.

The American won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Ponwith has an overall 118-83 record. He has a negative 7-8 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Ponwith has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger

• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri SquireSquire – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mats MoraingMoraing – Christian HarrisonHarrison (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandar VukicAleksandar – Ulises BlanchUlises (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenAlex – Dominik KoepferDominik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nathan PonwithPonwith – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Keegan SmithSmith (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alastair GrayGray – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction