Rinky Hijikata and Yasutaka Uchiyama will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.42
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Yasutaka Uchiyama square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Uchiyama (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Uchiyama won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Busan Challenger back in May 2023.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-22 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 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. 70 (career-high), Rinky reached the 2nd round after defeating Ji Sung Nam 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Sung Nam (6-4 7-64). During the match, Hijikata scored 79 points vs Sung Nam’s 76. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Sung Nam 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (160-95). 32-21 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a composed116-60 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Hijikata has an overall 41-31 win-loss record in 2023, 32-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-11 | 13-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-21 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-26 | 9-13 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320, Yasutaka got to the 2nd round after beating Omar Jasika 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Yasutaka had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-3 6-2). During the match Uchiyama scored 58 points vs Jasika’s 35. Uchiyama was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Uchiyama bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yasutaka Uchiyama was very effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Jasika 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Yasutaka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger.
The Japanese has an aggregate 21-20 win-loss record in 2023, 21-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 79-76 | 58-35 |
| Total Points | 155 | 93 |
| Winners | 37 | 24 |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% |
Both Hijikata and Uchiyama played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Uchiyama have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 6 games more than Uchiyama. Hijikata scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Uchiyama struck 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 9 |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 28/39 |
| %1st in | 67% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 8/11 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 73% |
Hijikata struck 1 ace . Uchiyama also recorded 9 aces . Hijikata won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 80% |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 73% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Hijikata broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Uchiyama broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-76 | 79-76 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 59/88 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Uchiyama | |||
| R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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