Rinky Hijikata and Pedro Vives Marcos will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.32
Pedro Vives Marcos -> 3.24
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Pedro Vives Marcos
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Pedro Vives Marcos face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Hijikata won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in M15 Monastir back in 2021.
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), the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Pedro Rodenas 6-3 6-1 and Christian Langmo 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Rinky defeated Langmo (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 84 points vs Langmo’s 77. Rinky was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (43/52) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rinky broke Langmo twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hijikata has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (153-91). 25-17 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an aggregate109-56 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Hijikata has a composed 34-27 win-loss record in 2023, 25-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger
Pedro Vives Marcos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-8 | 3-3 | 6-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-10 | 13-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-20 | 3-7 | 18-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 5-6 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 680, Pedro reached the quarter after beating Inaki Montes-De La Torre 4-6 6-2 7-5, Cannon Kingsley 6-4 6-4, Elmar Ejupovic 6-2 4-6 6-2 and Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Vives had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-4 6-2). During the match Vives scored 63 points vs Tomic’s 47. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Vives blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Pedro Vives Marcos was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Tomic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Martos and M25 Mungia.
Pedro has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Vives |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 94 |
| Pts | 157-130 | 316-259 |
| Total Points | 287 | 575 |
| Winners | 66 | 128 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Hijikata played 2 matches while Vives competed in 4 matches. Vives started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Rinky Hijikata surrendered 1 set, while Pedro Vives Marcos conceded 2 sets. Hijikata has played 5 set(s) less than Vives (5 vs 10). Therefore, Hijikata played 49 games less than Vives. Rinky scored 66 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro managed to score 128 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Vives |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 84/144 | 171/275 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 66/84 | 128/171 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/60 | 63/104 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Hijikata managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Vives struck 25 aces (6.3 per match). Hijikata won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Vives won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Vives |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 15 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 15/29 |
| % Converted | 38% | 52% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 89% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Hijikata broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Hijikata surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Vives broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. Vives conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Rodenas |
R2 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 45 | |
| pts | 73-53 | 84-77 | 157-130 | |
| Total points | 126 | 161 | 287 | |
| Winners | 23 | 43 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 51% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 52/79 | 84/144 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 66% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 43/52 | 66/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 16/27 | 35/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/5 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 40% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vives | ||||||
| Q1 Montes-De La Torre |
Q3 Kingsley |
R1 Ejupovic |
R2 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 94 | |
| pts | 105-90 | 60-53 | 88-69 | 63-47 | 316-259 | |
| Total points | 195 | 113 | 157 | 110 | 575 | |
| Winners | 34 | 32 | 38 | 24 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 53% | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/91 | 45/59 | 49/76 | 31/49 | 171/275 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 76% | 64% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 32/45 | 38/49 | 24/31 | 128/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 78% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 6/14 | 17/27 | 14/18 | 63/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 43% | 63% | 78% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 3/8 | 15/29 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 80% | 44% | 38% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 75% | 100% | 121% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
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