Rinky Hijikata and Christian Langmo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.188
Christian Langmo -> 4.333
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Christian Langmo
This will be the 4th time that Rinky Hijikata and Christian Langmo clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hijikata won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the qualifications in the Sarasota Challenger back in 2022.
Rinky Hijikata
| 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 |
Ranked no. 82 (career-high), Hijikata reached the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Rodenas 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Rodenas (6-3 6-1). During the match, Hijikata scored 73 points vs Rodenas’s 53. Hijikata was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rinky broke Rodenas 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (152-91). 24-17 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed108-56 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Australian has an overall 33-27 win-loss record in 2023, 24-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger
Christian Langmo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-29 | 23-21 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-31 | 30-23 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-24 | 15-16 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-25 | 40-19 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Donald Young 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Langmo had a good straight sets win against Young (7-5 6-4). During the match Langmo scored 74 points vs Young’s 57. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Langmo scored 14 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Christian Langmo was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Young 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Langmo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Wesley Chapel and M15 Weston.
The American has a composed 34-24 win-loss record in 2023, 29-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Langmo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 |
| Pts | 73-53 | 74-57 |
| Total Points | 126 | 131 |
| Winners | 23 | 25 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Hijikata and Langmo played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Langmo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 6 games less than Langmo. Rinky scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 25 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Langmo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 14 |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 29/53 |
| %1st in | 49% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 25/29 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 16/24 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 67% |
Hijikata bagged 1 ace . Langmo also scored 14 aces . Hijikata won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Langmo won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Langmo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 36% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Christian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Christian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Rodenas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 73-53 | 73-53 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 32/65 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Langmo | |||
| R1 Young |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 74-57 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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