Rinky Hijikata and Tomas Machac will square off in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT 1. 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 Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.54
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Tomas Machac
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 71, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-68 6-2.
In the 1st round, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (7-68 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 69 points vs Kokkinakis’s 60. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hijikata broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (166-98). 1-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has an overall122-62 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Hijikata has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-12 | 12-6 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 78, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Blake Ellis 7-62 6-2, Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-2 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-75 7-5 7-61.
In the 1st round against Etcheverry, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-5 7-61). During the match Machac scored 118 points vs Etcheverry’s 109. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Machac blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Tomas Machac was very effective on serve to win 81% (57/70) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Tomas broke Etcheverry 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Tomas has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 77 |
| Pts | 69-60 | 263-221 |
| Total Points | 129 | 484 |
| Winners | 33 | 113 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Hijikata played 1 match while Machac competed in 3 matches. Machac started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tomas Machac conceded 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 5 set(s) less than Machac (2 vs 7). Therefore, Hijikata played 56 games less than Machac. The Australian scored 33 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas bagged 113 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 39/67 | 143/228 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 113/143 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 50/85 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Hijikata made 4 aces . Machac fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Hijikata won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Hijikata broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Hijikata extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Machac conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 69-60 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/67 | 39/67 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Machac | |||||
| Q1 Ellis |
Q3 Kovacevic |
R1 Etcheverry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-75 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 38 | 77 | |
| pts | 79-63 | 66-49 | 118-109 | 263-221 | |
| Total points | 142 | 115 | 227 | 484 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 57 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 34/49 | 70/111 | 143/228 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 69% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/34 | 57/70 | 113/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 82% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 10/15 | 21/41 | 50/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 67% | 51% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 234% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
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