Jordan Thompson and Rinky Hijikata will face off in the quarter of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Jordan Thompson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.29
Rinky Hijikata -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 2^nd time that Jordan Thompson and Rinky Hijikata face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Thompson won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Gwangju Challenger back in May 2023.

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 76, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-4 and Zachary Svajda 6-2 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-2 7-5). During the match, Thompson scored 69 points vs Svajda’s 49. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Thompson managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jordan Thompson was very effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Thompson broke Svajda 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Thompson has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (362-245). 2-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Thompson has a composed 53-37 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Alex Michelsen in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Gwangju Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Australian has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Surbiton Challenger

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 136, Rinky reached the quarter after beating Billy Harris 6-3 7-5 and Ilya Ivashka 7-6² 7-6⁴.

In the 2^nd round, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (7-6² 7-6⁴). During the match Hijikata scored 92 points vs Ivashka’s 82. Rinky was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Hijikata managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was quite effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rinky broke Ivashka once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rinky hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Rinky has an aggregate 19-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Surbiton Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Thompson	Hijikata
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	40	47
Pts	126-95	156-132
Total Points	221	288
Winners	55	64
%Winners	44%	41%

Both Thompson and Hijikata played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Thompson and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Thompson played 7 games less than Hijikata. The Australian scored 55 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 64 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Thompson	Hijikata
Aces	12	5
Avg per match	6	2.5
1st in	63/101	85/142
%1st in	62%	60%
1st pts	55/63	64/85
%1st pts	87%	75%
2nd pts	23/38	40/57
%2nd pts	61%	70%

Thompson bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Hijikata made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Thompson won 87% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Thompson	Hijikata
Won	6	3
Converted	6/11	3/9
% Converted	55%	33%
Conceded	2	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	50%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Jordan broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Thompson conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Rinky conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Thompson
	R1 Mcdonald	R2 Svajda	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	20	40
pts	57-46	69-49	126-95
Total points	103	118	221
Winners	28	27	55
%Winners	49%	39%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	12
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	31/50	32/51	63/101
% 1st in	62%	63%	62%
1st pts	28/31	27/32	55/63
% 1st pts	90%	84%	87%
2nd pts	12/19	11/19	23/38
% 2nd pts	63%	58%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/3	4/8	6/11
Converted %	67%	50%	55%
Conceded	0	2	2
Saved	0/0	1/2	1
Saved %	–	50%	25%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Hijikata
	R1 Harris	R2 Ivashka	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	7-62 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	26	47
pts	64-50	92-82	156-132
Total points	114	174	288
Winners	27	37	64
%Winners	42%	40%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	34/59	51/83	85/142
% 1st in	58%	61%	60%
1st pts	27/34	37/51	64/85
% 1st pts	79%	73%	75%
2nd pts	18/25	22/32	40/57
% 2nd pts	72%	69%	70%
Breaks
Won	2	1	3
Converted	2/4	1/5	3/9
Converted %	50%	20%	33%
Conceded	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	3/4	3
Saved %	–	75%	38%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger

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