Mackenzie Mcdonald and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the quarter of the Libema Open for the 1^st 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.

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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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

• Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-6⁴ 6-7⁵ 10-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gonzalo Escobar/Aleksandr NedovyesovEscobar/Aleksandr Nedovyesov – Tallon Griekspoor/Robin HaaseGriekspoor/Robin Haase (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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