Rinky Hijikata and Chak Lam Coleman Wong will square off in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.32
Chak Lam Coleman Wong -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Chak Lam Coleman Wong since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 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. 80, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Matthew Dellavedova 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Dellavedova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hijikata scored 75 points vs Dellavedova’s 69. Hijikata was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Dellavedova 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (163-96). 35-22 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a compiled119-61 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Australian has an aggregate 44-32 win-loss record in 2023, 35-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Chak Lam Coleman Wong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-18 | 14-12 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-27 | 42-19 | 9-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-7 | 5-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295 (career-high), the got to the 2nd round after defeating Pavle Marinkov 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, The had a good straight sets win against Marinkov (7-65 6-2). During the match Lam Coleman Wong scored 77 points vs Marinkov’s 65. The was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Lam Coleman Wong managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Chak Lam Coleman Wong lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Lam Coleman Wong put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Lam Coleman Wong broke Marinkov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Hong Kong,M15 Doha,the Shenzhen 2 Challenger and the Playford Challenger.
The has an aggregate 49-24 win-loss record in 2023, 38-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
The has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Lam Coleman Wong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 75-69 | 77-65 |
| Total Points | 144 | 142 |
| Winners | 37 | 31 |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% |
Both Hijikata and Lam Coleman Wong played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Lam Coleman Wong have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 2 games less than Lam Coleman Wong. Hijikata scored 37 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The scored 31 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Lam Coleman Wong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 11 |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 46/77 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 31/46 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 55% |
Hijikata blasted 2 aces . Lam Coleman Wong fired 11 aces . Hijikata won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lam Coleman Wong won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Lam Coleman Wong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 89% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Chak broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Lam Coleman Wong conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Dellavedova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 75-69 | 75-69 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 55/87 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lam Coleman Wong | |||
| R1 Marinkov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 77-65 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 46/77 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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