Rinky Hijikata and Taro Daniel will play each other in the semifinal of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.67
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Taro Daniel
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Taro Daniel since this will be the first time that they will face off 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, Rinky reached the semifinal after defeating Matthew Dellavedova 6-3 6-4, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Ji Sung Nam 6-75 7-5 7-65.
In the quarter against Sung Nam, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-5 7-65). During the match, Hijikata scored 140 points vs Sung Nam’s 133. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (58/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (21/47) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Sung Nam 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rinky has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (165-96). 37-22 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall121-61 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Rinky has a compiled 46-32 win-loss record in 2023, 37-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-19 | 7-8 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-30 | 34-16 | 7-10 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 27-17 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 5-7 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 9-9 | 3-5 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Daniel got to the semifinal after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 2-1 ret., Luke Saville 6-4 6-2 and Shintaro Mochizuki 3-1 ret..
In the quarter against Mochizuki, Taro had a free pass after Mochizuki retired on a 3-1 . scoreline.
Daniel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
Daniel has an aggregate 39-29 win-loss record in 2023, 28-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 33 |
| Pts | 312-286 | 117-80 |
| Total Points | 598 | 197 |
| Winners | 136 | 41 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Hijikata and Daniel played 3 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 2 sets while Taro Daniel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Daniel (8 vs 7). Therefore, Hijikata played 51 games more than Daniel. Hijikata scored 136 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 41 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 198/311 | 54/92 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 136/198 | 41/54 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 56/113 | 24/38 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Hijikata made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Daniel struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Hijikata won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 8 |
| Converted | 12/39 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 31% | 40% |
| Conceded | 32 | 3 |
| Saved | 25 | 1 |
| % Saved | 78% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Hijikata broke his opponents 12 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 7 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||||
| R1 Dellavedova |
R2 Lam Coleman Wong |
1/4 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 38 | 84 | |
| pts | 75-69 | 97-84 | 140-133 | 312-286 | |
| Total points | 144 | 181 | 273 | 598 | |
| Winners | 37 | 41 | 58 | 136 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 56/90 | 87/134 | 198/311 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 41/56 | 58/87 | 136/198 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 73% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 20/34 | 21/47 | 56/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 59% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/14 | 5/19 | 12/39 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 26% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 14 | 32 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 7/9 | 10/14 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 78% | 71% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Daniel | |||||
| R1 Uchiyama |
R2 Saville |
1/4 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 18 | 4 | 33 | |
| pts | 44-28 | 59-44 | 14-8 | 117-80 | |
| Total points | 72 | 103 | 22 | 197 | |
| Winners | 17 | 20 | 4 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 29% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 25/47 | 6/10 | 54/92 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 53% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 20/25 | 4/6 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 80% | 67% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 14/22 | 1/4 | 24/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 64% | 25% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/11 | 2/4 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 36% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 0% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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