Laslo Djere and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Laslo Djere who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Laslo Djere is the pick to win this match.
Laslo Djere -> 1.43
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Laslo Djere vs. Rinky Hijikata

There is no head to head record between Laslo Djere and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Laslo Djere

Ranked no. 37, Djere will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Nur Sultan where he lost 6-3 2-1 ret. to Medjedovic in the 1^st round on the 27^th of September.

Djere has a compiled 35-25 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Serbian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Cagliari Challenger and Hamburg.

Talking about his overall career, Laslo has an overall 374-257 record. He has a negative 52-63 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Laslo has never competed in this tournament before.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 76, the Australian got to the 1^st round after beating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2 and Benjamin Lock 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-1 6-4). During the match Hijikata scored 61 points vs Lock’s 41. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Hijikata made 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 39% of his first serves in, winning 89% (17/19) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Lock 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rinky started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.

The Australian has a composed 38-29 win-loss record in 2023, 29-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 3-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-7⁶ 6-2 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisThanasi – Fabio FogniniFabio (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dane SweenyDane – Taro DanielTaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume – Rigele TeRigele (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Quentin HalysHalys (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Andy MurrayMurray (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dane SweenySweeny – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-1) – H2H and prediction