Rinky Hijikata and Mitchell Krueger will face off in the qualifications of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.46
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Mitchell Krueger
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Mitchell Krueger 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. 130, Hijikata will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Baez in the 2nd round on the 11th of March.
Rinky has a compiled 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 130-71 record. He has a positive 95-45 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 12-17 | 9-7 | 7-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Krueger will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-0 to Passaro in the qualifications on the 6th of March.
Mitchell has an overall 9-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger.
In terms of his career, Mitchell has an overall 361-320 record. He has a positive 228-193 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
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