Rinky Hijikata and Ji Sung Nam will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.12
Ji Sung Nam -> 5.75
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Ji Sung Nam
This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Ji Sung Nam play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hijikata won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in the Playford Challenger back in October 2023.
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, Rinky reached the quarter after defeating Matthew Dellavedova 6-3 6-4 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Lam Coleman Wong, Hijikata recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 97 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 84. Rinky was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (41/56) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Lam Coleman Wong 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hijikata has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (164-96). 36-22 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed120-61 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Hijikata has a composed 45-32 win-loss record in 2023, 36-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-20 | 13-15 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 853, the Korean reached the quarter after beating Alexander Klintcharov 6-2 7-63, Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-1, Tristan Schoolkate 7-69 6-4 and Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-4 6-2). During the match Sung Nam scored 58 points vs Sweeny’s 38. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Sung Nam struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ji Sung Nam was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sung Nam was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sweeny 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ji has a compiled 13-18 win-loss record in 2023, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Sung Nam has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 78 |
| Pts | 172-153 | 264-197 |
| Total Points | 325 | 461 |
| Winners | 78 | 106 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Hijikata played 2 matches while Sung Nam competed in 4 matches. Sung Nam started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata surrendered 1 set while Ji Sung Nam hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 3 set(s) less than Sung Nam (5 vs 8). Therefore, Hijikata played 32 games less than Sung Nam. Rinky scored 78 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Sung Nam fired 106 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 111/177 | 142/218 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 78/111 | 106/142 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/66 | 47/76 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Hijikata struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sung Nam fired 11 aces (2.8 per match). Hijikata won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 16 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 16/31 |
| % Converted | 35% | 52% |
| Conceded | 18 | 15 |
| Saved | 15 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Korean broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Dellavedova |
R2 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 46 | |
| pts | 75-69 | 97-84 | 172-153 | |
| Total points | 144 | 181 | 325 | |
| Winners | 37 | 41 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 56/90 | 111/177 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 41/56 | 78/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 73% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 20/34 | 35/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/14 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 7/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 78% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sung Nam | |||||||||
| Q1 Klintcharov |
Q1 Klintcharov |
Q3 Takahashi |
Q3 Takahashi |
R1 Schoolkate |
R1 Schoolkate |
R2 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-69 6-4 | 7-69 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 138 | |
| pts | 76-54 | 76-54 | 56-34 | 56-34 | 74-71 | 74-71 | 58-38 | 470-356 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | 90 | 90 | 145 | 145 | 96 | 826 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 22 | 190 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 39% | 39% | 41% | 41% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 42/57 | 26/44 | 26/44 | 49/74 | 49/74 | 25/43 | 259/393 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | 59% | 59% | 66% | 66% | 58% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | 22/26 | 22/26 | 30/49 | 30/49 | 22/25 | 190/259 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | 85% | 85% | 61% | 61% | 88% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | 11/18 | 11/18 | 14/25 | 14/25 | 14/18 | 80/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 61% | 61% | 56% | 56% | 78% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 29 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 5/11 | 3/3 | 29/59 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 67% | 67% | 45% | 45% | 100% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 0/0 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 60% | 60% | – | 210% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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