Rinky Hijikata and Evgeny Donskoy will square off in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 13. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.48
Evgeny Donskoy -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Evgeny Donskoy
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Evgeny Donskoy since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 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. 141, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (6-4 7-63). During the match, Hijikata scored 75 points vs Shimabukuro’s 70. Rinky was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 53% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Shimabukuro 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (132-75). 13-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an aggregate97-48 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Rinky has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Evgeny Donskoy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-12 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 39-17 | 3-4 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-22 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-8 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 7-9 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 256, Donskoy got to the 2nd round after defeating Brandon Holt 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Holt, Evgeny recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Donskoy scored 94 points vs Holt’s 80. Donskoy was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Donskoy fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Evgeny Donskoy was very effective on serve to win 87% (39/45) of his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Evgeny broke Holt 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 New Delhi and M25 Lucknow.
Evgeny has an overall 28-10 win-loss record in 2023, 23-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 |
| Pts | 75-70 | 94-80 |
| Total Points | 145 | 174 |
| Winners | 23 | 39 |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% |
Both Hijikata and Donskoy played 1 match. At the moment, Evgeny Donskoy dropped 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Donskoy (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 5 games less than Donskoy. Hijikata scored 23 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Donskoy recorded 39 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 45/92 |
| %1st in | 53% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 39/45 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 26/47 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 55% |
Hijikata recorded 1 ace . Donskoy also blasted 7 aces . Hijikata won 66% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Donskoy won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Hijikata broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Rinky surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Donskoy broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Evgeny conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Shimabukuro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 75-70 | 75-70 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 35/66 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Donskoy | |||
| R1 Holt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-80 | 94-80 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/92 | 45/92 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 39/45 | 39/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-72 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Li TuTu (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hyeon ChungChung (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Duckhee LeeLee (7-64 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-711 6-0) – See score progression
- Gabriel Diallo/Aleksandar VukicDiallo/Aleksandar Vukic – Anirudh Chandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthChandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (5-7 6-3 10-6) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-63 7-60) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Brandon HoltHolt (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
