Rinky Hijikata and Patrick Kypson will square off in the semifinal of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.63
Patrick Kypson -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Patrick Kypson
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-31 | 18-19 | 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 got to the semifinal after defeating Pedro Rodenas 6-3 6-1, Christian Langmo 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Pedro Vives Marcos 6-1 7-5.
In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Vives Marcos (6-1 7-5). During the match, Hijikata scored 73 points vs Vives Marcos’s 55. Rinky was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rinky broke Vives Marcos 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (154-91). 26-17 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall110-56 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Rinky has an aggregate 35-27 win-loss record in 2023, 26-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger
Patrick Kypson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 5-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271 (career-high), Patrick got to the semifinal after beating Michael Geerts 6-1 6-3, Adam Walton 7-5 6-3 and Tennys Sandgren 7-64 6-3.
In the quarter, Kypson had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (7-64 6-3). During the match Kypson scored 68 points vs Sandgren’s 61. Kypson was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kypson blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Patrick Kypson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Kypson put 57% of his first serves in, winning 89% (34/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sandgren twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Patrick hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Medellin Challenger where he beat Benjamin Lock in the final 6-3 6-3.
Kypson has an aggregate 30-15 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 59 |
| Pts | 230-185 | 189-156 |
| Total Points | 415 | 345 |
| Winners | 90 | 86 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Hijikata and Kypson played 3 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set while Patrick Kypson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Kypson (7 vs 6). Therefore, Hijikata played 5 games more than Kypson. Rinky scored 90 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Patrick bagged 86 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 117/208 | 106/179 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 90/117 | 86/106 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 53/91 | 41/73 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Hijikata bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Kypson made 20 aces (6.7 per match). Hijikata won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 40% | 60% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 8 |
| % Saved | 82% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Rinky broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Kypson broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kypson conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||||
| R1 Rodenas |
R2 Langmo |
1/4 Vives |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 19 | 64 | |
| pts | 73-53 | 84-77 | 73-55 | 230-185 | |
| Total points | 126 | 161 | 128 | 415 | |
| Winners | 23 | 43 | 24 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 51% | 33% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 52/79 | 33/64 | 117/208 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 66% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 43/52 | 24/33 | 90/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 83% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 16/27 | 18/31 | 53/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/5 | 4/9 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 40% | 44% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kypson | |||||
| R1 Geerts |
R2 Walton |
1/4 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 22 | 59 | |
| pts | 53-37 | 68-58 | 68-61 | 189-156 | |
| Total points | 90 | 126 | 129 | 345 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 34 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/42 | 41/70 | 38/67 | 106/179 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 30/41 | 34/38 | 86/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 73% | 89% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 17/29 | 14/29 | 41/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 59% | 48% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 75% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 100% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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