Zhizhen Zhang and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.44
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Zhang will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-1 to Popyrin in the 1st round on the 9th of March.
Zhang has an aggregate 3-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Zhizhen has an overall 248-194 record. He has a positive 133-110 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-33 | 15-17 | 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, the Australian reached the 1st round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-3.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Hijikata has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-65 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis KudlaKudla (7-69 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Quentin HalysHalys – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction