Frances Tiafoe and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 4th round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on LOUIS ARMSTRONG 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.103
Rinky Hijikata -> 6.85
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-21 | 20-11 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10 (career-high), Tiafoe got to the 4th round after defeating Learner Tien 6-2 7-5 6-1, Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-1 6-4 and Adrian Mannarino 4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66.
In the 3rd round against Mannarino, Tiafoe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66). During the match, Tiafoe scored 135 points vs Mannarino’s 110. The American was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe managed to score 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (52/62) of his 1st serve and 54% (29/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Tiafoe broke Mannarino 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (337-226). 20-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has a composed 157-106 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret. and in Houston where he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6) and in Stuttgart where he beat Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8).
Tiafoe has an aggregate 36-14 win-loss record in 2023, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-28 | 16-16 | 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. 110 (career-high), the Australian reached the 4th round after defeating Pavel Kotov 7-5 5-7 6-3 7-5, Marton Fucsovics 6-1 6-2 6-1 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 3rd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 134 points vs Zhang’s 119. Rinky was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata fired 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 58% of his first serves in, winning 71% (50/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (23/50) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Zhang 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rinky has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Hijikata has an overall 32-26 win-loss record in 2023, 23-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 93 | 104 |
| Pts | 334-246 | 385-326 |
| Total Points | 580 | 711 |
| Winners | 124 | 138 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Tiafoe and Hijikata played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set, while Rinky Hijikata surrendered 2 sets. Tiafoe has played 1 set(s) less than Hijikata (10 vs 11). Therefore, Tiafoe played 11 games less than Hijikata. The American scored 124 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 138 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 149/267 | 187/342 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 124/149 | 138/187 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 65/118 | 73/155 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 47% |
Tiafoe fired 30 aces (10 per match). Hijikata scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Tiafoe won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 74% 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 | Tiafoe | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 23 |
| Converted | 18/46 | 23/56 |
| % Converted | 39% | 41% |
| Conceded | 9 | 25 |
| Saved | 4 | 14 |
| % Saved | 44% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Francis broke his opponents 18 times with a 39% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponents 23 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||||
| R1 Tien |
R2 Ofner |
R3 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 26 | 40 | 93 | |
| pts | 114-82 | 85-54 | 135-110 | 334-246 | |
| Total points | 196 | 139 | 245 | 580 | |
| Winners | 37 | 35 | 52 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/80 | 40/71 | 62/116 | 149/267 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 53% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 35/40 | 52/62 | 124/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 88% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 20/31 | 29/54 | 65/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 65% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 8/25 | 5/6 | 5/15 | 18/46 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 83% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 25% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Hijikata | |||||
| R1 Kotov |
R2 Fucsovics |
R3 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-3 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 45 | 22 | 37 | 104 | |
| pts | 158-149 | 93-58 | 134-119 | 385-326 | |
| Total points | 307 | 151 | 253 | 711 | |
| Winners | 51 | 37 | 50 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 13 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 72/143 | 45/79 | 70/120 | 187/342 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 57% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 51/72 | 37/45 | 50/70 | 138/187 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 34/71 | 16/34 | 23/50 | 73/155 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 47% | 46% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |
| Converted | 9/26 | 7/11 | 7/19 | 23/56 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 64% | 37% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 2 | 8 | 25 | |
| Saved | 8/15 | 2/2 | 4/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 100% | 50% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-6 7-5 7-64 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Jakub MensikMensik (6-1 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Daniel EvansEvans (2-0) – H2H and prediction
