Zhizhen Zhang and Rinky Hijikata will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 17. 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 Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.65
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 2^nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Rinky Hijikata clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Phoenix Challenger back in March 2023.

Zhizhen Zhang

Zhizhen Zhang

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	24-28	9-12	9-7	2-5	4-4	0-0
2023	30-29	12-13	15-10	1-2	2-4	0-0
2022	52-28	11-5	31-11	9-11	1-1	0-0
2021	15-12	1-1	9-6	0-1	5-4	0-0
2020	1-6	1-6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 67, the Chinese reached the 3^rd round after defeating Jeff Wolf 7-5 7-5 6-7⁵ 4-6 6-3 and Casper Ruud 6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Zhang had a tough win against Ruud to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2). During the match, Zhang scored 137 points vs Ruud’s 127. Zhang was quite aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zhang made 18 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (58/78) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Zhang broke Ruud 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has lost 4 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Zhang has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (258-200). 8-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has an aggregate 132-109 match record in the last years on hard.

Zhizhen’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hamburg.

The Chinese has a composed 26-26 win-loss record in 2023, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open

Zhang's Record

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata

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Rank
74

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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

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Ranked no. 110 (career-high), the Australian reached the 3^rd round after beating Pavel Kotov 7-5 5-7 6-3 7-5 and Marton Fucsovics 6-1 6-2 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Fucsovics (6-1 6-2 6-1). During the match Hijikata scored 93 points vs Fucsovics’s 58. Hijikata was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Hijikata blasted 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Rinky Hijikata conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 57% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Fucsovics 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rinky has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

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

The Australian has an aggregate 31-26 win-loss record in 2023, 22-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

U.S. Open

Hijikata's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Zhang and Hijikata played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang lost 4 sets, while Rinky Hijikata surrendered 1 set. Zhang has played 3 sets more than Hijikata (10 vs 7). Therefore, Zhang played 33 games more than Hijikata. Zhang scored 141 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Hijikata recorded 88 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Zhang scored 33 aces (16.5 per match). Hijikata bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Zhang won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Zhang broke his opponents 14 times with a 34% conversion rate. Zhizhen dropped his serve 11 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Hijikata broke his opponents 16 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

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Zhizhen
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45

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Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

24 - 28

36 - 33

9-12

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29-21

2-5

I Hard

1-1

9-7

Clay

1-6

4-4

Grass

5-5

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – John IsnerIsner (3-6 4-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Yibing WuWu (6-1 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-7⁶ 6-4 6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-5 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-6 6-1 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 7-5 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-6⁶ 6-7⁷ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andy MurrayMurray (6-3 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-1 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna GojoGojo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-1 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6⁵ 6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6⁶ 2-6 6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-6¹ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Dominic StrickerStricker – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-7² 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Titouan DroguetDroguet (3-6 6-2 7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-6 6-1 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 7-5 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-5 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-6(6) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-2 6-2 6-7(6) 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Daniel EvansEvans (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (5-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna GojoGojo – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction

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