Rinky Hijikata and Benjamin Lock will play each other in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.082
Benjamin Lock -> 6.7
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Benjamin Lock
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Benjamin Lock since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 26-20 | 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. 76, Rinky got to the qualifications after beating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 61 points vs Gengel’s 52. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 55% of his first serves in, winning 61% (25/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Gengel 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (156-93). 28-19 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a composed112-58 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
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.
Rinky has an overall 37-29 win-loss record in 2023, 28-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Lock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-27 | 13-10 | 33-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, Benjamin got to the qualifications after beating Lorenzo Giustino 7-67 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Lock defeated Giustino (7-67 3-6 6-4). During the match Lock and Giustino scored the same amount of points (106). However, the world no. 76 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Benjamin was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Lock recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Lock lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Lock put 77% of his first serves in, winning 67% (55/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Giustino twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Lock’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Addis Ababa and the Medellin Challenger.
The has a composed 39-24 win-loss record in 2023, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 61-52 | 106-106 |
| Total Points | 113 | 212 |
| Winners | 25 | 55 |
| %Winners | 41% | 52% |
Both Hijikata and Lock played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Benjamin Lock conceded 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t lost a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Lock (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 15 games less than Lock. The Australian scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin managed to score 55 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9 |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 82/107 |
| %1st in | 55% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 55/82 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 48% |
Hijikata managed to score 7 aces . Lock managed to score 9 aces . Hijikata won 61% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Rinky extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. The broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Gengel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-52 | 61-52 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 41/75 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lock | |||
| Q1 Giustino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 106-106 | 106-106 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 82/107 | 82/107 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 55/82 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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