Rinky Hijikata and James Duckworth will face off in the semifinal of the Playford Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.74
James Duckworth -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 4th time that Rinky Hijikata and James Duckworth clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hijikata won 6-3 6-3 in the final in the Burnie Challenger back in February 2023.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-17 | 9-12 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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 got to the semifinal after beating Ji Sung Nam 6-4 7-64, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 7-5 and Seong Chan Hong 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Chan Hong (6-1 6-1). During the match, Hijikata scored 56 points vs Chan Hong’s 35. Rinky was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rinky Hijikata conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 63% of his first serves in, win 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Chan Hong 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rinky hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (162-95). 34-21 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a compiled118-60 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Australian has an overall 43-31 win-loss record in 2023, 34-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-13 | 16-8 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Duckworth got to the semifinal after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 7-62, Philip Sekulic 7-5 6-1 and Hiroki Moriya 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter against Moriya, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 85 points vs Moriya’s 74. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Duckworth fired 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James Duckworth lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 81% of his first serves in, winning 76% (45/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Moriya 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Shenzhen 2 Challenger where he overcame Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-0 6-1.
James has a composed 43-26 win-loss record in 2023, 40-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 70 |
| Pts | 208-166 | 227-186 |
| Total Points | 374 | 413 |
| Winners | 87 | 113 |
| %Winners | 42% | 50% |
Both Hijikata and Duckworth played 3 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth conceded 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t lost a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Duckworth (6 vs 7). Therefore, Hijikata played 13 games less than Duckworth. Rinky scored 87 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 113 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 127/197 | 150/206 |
| %1st in | 64% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 87/127 | 113/150 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 39/70 | 28/56 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 50% |
Hijikata fired 3 aces (1 per match). Duckworth scored 25 aces (8.3 per match). Hijikata won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 12 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 54% | 48% |
| Conceded | 19 | 17 |
| Saved | 15 | 12 |
| % Saved | 79% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Hijikata broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||||
| R1 Sung Nam |
R2 Uchiyama |
1/4 Chan Hong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 14 | 57 | |
| pts | 79-76 | 73-55 | 56-35 | 208-166 | |
| Total points | 155 | 128 | 91 | 374 | |
| Winners | 37 | 31 | 19 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% | 34% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 41/66 | 27/43 | 127/197 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 62% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 31/41 | 19/27 | 87/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 13/25 | 11/16 | 39/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 69% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/7 | 5/11 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 45% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 7/8 | 0/0 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 88% | – | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Uchida |
R2 Sekulic |
1/4 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | 7-5 6-1 | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 28 | 70 | |
| pts | 78-73 | 64-39 | 85-74 | 227-186 | |
| Total points | 151 | 103 | 159 | 413 | |
| Winners | 43 | 25 | 45 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 39% | 53% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 61/89 | 30/44 | 59/73 | 150/206 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 68% | 81% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 25/30 | 45/59 | 113/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 83% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 9/14 | 5/14 | 28/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 64% | 36% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 63% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 67% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger
- Taro DanielDaniel – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-77 7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Piotr Matuszewski/Kai WehneltMatuszewski/Kai Wehnelt – Blake Bayldon/Kody PearsonBayldon/Kody Pearson (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-3) – H2H and prediction
