H2H, prediction of Rinky Hijikata vs Alexander Ritschard in Cary 1 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 9th August 2023

PREVIEW. Cary 1 Challenger. Hijikata and Ritschard will face off in the 2nd round of the Cary 1 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 9th of August

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Alexander Ritschard

Rinky Hijikata and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the 2nd round of the Cary 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.49
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Alexander Ritschard

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

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Rank
76
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-30 18-18 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
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Ranked no. 118, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 74 points vs Shimabukuro’s 57. Hijikata was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hijikata made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 51% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Shimabukuro 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (146-87). 18-13 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an overall102-52 record in the last 7 years on hard.

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

The Australian has an overall 27-23 win-loss record in 2023, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary 1 Challenger

Hijikata
Cary 1 Challenger
Hijikata's Record

Alexander Ritschard

Alexander Ritschard
Alexander Ritschard

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Rank
121
High
121
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-18 7-5 25-8 5-4 1-1 0-0
2023 28-30 6-8 13-11 9-9 0-2 0-0
2022 36-27 7-5 11-11 15-9 3-2 0-0
2021 25-23 1-4 20-14 4-5 0-0 0-0
2020 24-13 11-5 12-7 0-0 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 186, Ritschard reached the 2nd round after defeating Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 4-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Swiss defeated Fratangelo (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match Ritschard scored 92 points vs Fratangelo’s 80. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Ritschard blasted 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Fratangelo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Ritschard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lyon Challenger.

The Swiss has an overall 19-21 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ritschard
Cary 1 Challenger
Ritschard's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Hijikata
A.Ritschard
1h:38
1h:38
Time on court​
2h:07
2h:07
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
27
27
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
74
74
Total points​
92
92
74
74
Avg point​
92
92
29
29
Winners
39
39
29
29
Avg Winners​
39
39
39%
39%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
9
9
2
2
Avg Aces
9
9
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
4
4
29/37
29/37
1st won total​
39/51
39/51
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
17/36
17/36
2nd won total​
18/38
18/38
47%
47%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
4/8
4/8
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
44%
44%
Won
50%
50%
10
10
Conceded
8
8
10
10
Avg Conceded
8
8
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hijikata Ritschard
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 27
Pts 74-57 92-80
Total Points 131 172
Winners 29 39
%Winners 39% 42%

Both Hijikata and Ritschard played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Ritschard dropped 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Ritschard (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 10 games less than Ritschard. The Australian scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss made 39 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hijikata Ritschard
Aces 2 9
Avg per match 2 9
1st in 37/73 51/89
%1st in 51% 57%
1st pts 29/37 39/51
%1st pts 78% 76%
2nd pts 17/36 18/38
%2nd pts 47% 47%

Hijikata fired 2 aces . Ritschard blasted 9 aces . Hijikata won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hijikata Ritschard
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/8
% Converted 44% 50%
Conceded 10 8
Saved 9 6
% Saved 90% 75%
Times Broken 1 2

Hijikata broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Rinky surrendered his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
R1
Shimabukuro		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 74-57 74-57
Total points 131 131
Winners 29 29
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 37/73 37/73
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 29/37 29/37
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 17/36 17/36
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 9/10 9
Saved % 90% 90%
Times Broken 1 1
Ritschard
R1
Fratangelo		 Total
Score 6-3 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 92-80 92-80
Total points 172 172
Winners 39 39
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 51/89 51/89
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 39/51 39/51
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 18/38 18/38
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6/8 6
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Rinky Hijikata
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 7Minor
Alexander Ritschard
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3Chall
  • 5Minor

Rinky
Hijikata

1:0

Alexander
Ritschard

Rank

76

High

62

1Hard0

Rank

121

High

121

Win Loss
Hijikata
LWLWLWLWWL
Ritschard
WLWWWLLLWW
2024 2023 2022
25 - 30
38 - 18
18-18
Hard
7-5
1-1
I Hard
5-4
1-6
Clay
25-8
5-5
Grass
1-1

Tennis Scores in Cary 1 Challenger

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