Rinky Hijikata and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 2nd round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.5
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Sho Shimabukuro play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hijikata won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Seoul Challenger back in April 2023.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-22 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 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. 114 (career-high), the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Yosuke Watanuki 7-68 7-5.
In the 1st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (7-68 7-5). During the match, Hijikata scored 75 points vs Watanuki’s 74. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (39/46) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rinky broke Watanuki once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (143-83). 7-3 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has an aggregate12-7 record in the last 7 years on grass.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Australian has an aggregate 24-19 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 19-17 | 7-1 | 9-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-25 | 38-20 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172 (career-high), Shimabukuro got to the 2nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-3 6-75 7-5 and Harry Wendelken 6-2 6-72 6-2.
In the 1st round, Shimabukuro defeated Wendelken (6-2 6-72 6-2). During the match Shimabukuro scored 97 points vs Wendelken’s 74. Sho was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (38/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sho broke Wendelken 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Tunis Challenger where he beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
Sho has a composed 24-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Shimabukuro has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 63 |
| Pts | 75-74 | 218-183 |
| Total Points | 149 | 401 |
| Winners | 39 | 68 |
| %Winners | 52% | 31% |
Hijikata played 1 match while Shimabukuro competed in 2 matches. Shimabukuro started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro dropped 2 sets while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t lost a set so far. Hijikata has played 4 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (2 vs 6). Therefore, Hijikata played 38 games less than Shimabukuro. Rinky scored 39 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 68 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 91/186 |
| %1st in | 61% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 68/91 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 52/95 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Hijikata struck 2 aces . Shimabukuro blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Hijikata won 85% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 75% of the points on 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 | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 13 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 33% | 42% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Hijikata broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Hijikata quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 75-74 | 75-74 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 46/76 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 39/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||||
| Q1 Onclin |
Q3 Bellucci |
R1 Wendelken |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 7-5 | 6-3 7-63 | 6-2 6-72 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 22 | 29 | 85 | |
| pts | 121-109 | – | 97-74 | 218-183 | |
| Total points | 230 | 0 | 171 | 401 | |
| Winners | 30 | 38 | 68 | ||
| %Winners | 25% | 0% | 39% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 44/103 | / | 47/83 | 91/186 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 0% | 57% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | / | 38/47 | 68/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 0% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/59 | / | 20/36 | 52/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 0% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 7/19 | / | 6/12 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 0% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Saved | 3/7 | 0/ | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 43% | – | 67% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
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