Mackenzie Mcdonald and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the quarter of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.41
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-23 | 18-12 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-30 | 23-15 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 16-16 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-26 | 15-12 | 12-5 | 9-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, Mackenzie got to the quarter after defeating Ilya Ivashka 6-4 6-3 and Borna Coric 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-4 6-4). During the match, Mcdonald scored 67 points vs Coric’s 51. Mackenzie was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mcdonald fired 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mcdonald broke Coric twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mackenzie hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Mcdonald has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (265-201). 2-1 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mcdonald has an overall 24-17 record in the last years on grass.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Mcdonald has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Rinky got to the quarter after defeating Robin Haase 6-3 7-5, Gijs Brouwer 6-75 6-3 6-2 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 2-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Huesler, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 92 points vs Huesler’s 83. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Hijikata broke Huesler twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hijikata started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 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 defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Rinky has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mcdonald | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 80 |
| Pts | 132-104 | 273-233 |
| Total Points | 236 | 506 |
| Winners | 56 | 113 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Mcdonald played 2 matches while Hijikata competed in 3 matches. Hijikata started his run from the qualifications while Mcdonald had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata conceded 2 sets while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mcdonald has played 4 set(s) less than Hijikata (4 vs 8). Therefore, Mcdonald played 41 games less than Hijikata. Mackenzie scored 56 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky struck 113 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mcdonald | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 76/117 | 147/249 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 56/76 | 113/147 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 27/41 | 64/102 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 63% |
Mcdonald recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Hijikata recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Mcdonald won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mcdonald | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 8/28 |
| % Converted | 42% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Mackenzie broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mcdonald dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mcdonald | ||||
| R1 Ivashka |
R2 Coric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 67-51 | 132-104 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | 236 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 33/55 | 76/117 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 60% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 27/33 | 56/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 82% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 14/22 | 27/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 64% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/6 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 100% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hijikata | ||||||
| Q1 Haase |
Q3 Berankis |
R1 Brouwer |
R2 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-75 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 30 | 29 | 100 | |
| pts | 66-54 | – | 115-96 | 92-83 | 273-233 | |
| Total points | 120 | 0 | 211 | 175 | 506 | |
| Winners | 22 | 51 | 40 | 113 | ||
| %Winners | 33% | 0% | 44% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 29/56 | / | 69/112 | 49/81 | 147/249 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 0% | 62% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | / | 51/69 | 40/49 | 113/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 74% | 82% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/27 | / | 23/43 | 19/32 | 64/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 0% | 53% | 59% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 2/9 | / | 4/9 | 2/10 | 8/28 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 0% | 44% | 20% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 4/5 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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