Taylor Fritz and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the quarter of the Delray Beach Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.151
Rinky Hijikata -> 5.45
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-12 | 11-5 | 13-6 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 11-9 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, Taylor got to the quarter after defeating Nuno Borges 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Fritz had a good straight sets win against Borges (7-65 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 76 points vs Borges’s 65. Taylor was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz blasted 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Taylor Fritz was very efficient on serve to win 87% (34/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taylor broke Borges twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Fritz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (342-209). 6-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has an overall 211-108 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Taylor has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Delray Beach
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. 84, Rinky reached the quarter after beating Liam Broady 6-2 1-6 6-1 and Matteo Arnaldi 6-2 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Rinky defeated Arnaldi (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match Hijikata scored 103 points vs Arnaldi’s 95. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Arnaldi 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rinky has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Rinky has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Delray Beach
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 49 |
| Pts | 76-65 | 194-174 |
| Total Points | 141 | 368 |
| Winners | 34 | 77 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Fritz played 1 match while Hijikata competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata conceded 2 sets while Taylor Fritz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Fritz has played 4 set(s) less than Hijikata (2 vs 6). Therefore, Fritz played 26 games less than Hijikata. Fritz scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 77 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 39/69 | 113/185 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 34/39 | 77/113 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 38/72 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 53% |
Fritz bagged 14 aces . Hijikata blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Fritz won 87% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 7/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 26% |
| Conceded | 2 | 20 |
| Saved | 1 | 17 |
| % Saved | 50% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Fritz broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Hijikata broke his opponents 7 times with a 26% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | |||
| R2 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/69 | 39/69 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/39 | 34/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Broady |
R2 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-1 | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| pts | 91-79 | 103-95 | 194-174 | |
| Total points | 170 | 198 | 368 | |
| Winners | 34 | 43 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 65/100 | 113/185 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 43/65 | 77/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 20/35 | 38/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 3/10 | 7/27 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 30% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 8/9 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 89% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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