Christopher Eubanks and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.909
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Rinky Hijikata clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Hijikata won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open Qualifying back in 2021.
Christopher Eubanks
4 - 8win/loss
62
29
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-16 | 2-6 | 0-6 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 14-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 19-13 | 0-1 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 12-6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, the American will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Zverev in the 3rd round on the 25th of March.
Christopher has an aggregate 4-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Christopher has an overall 214-162 record. He has a negative 6-11 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.
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. 81, Hijikata will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-5 7-6(3) to Van De Zandschulp in the 1st round on the 20th of March.
Rinky has a composed 8-11 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Hijikata has an overall 173-109 record. He has a positive 19-17 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Valentin VacherotVacherot (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Brandon HoltHolt (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yibing WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Zizou BergsBergs (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-0) – H2H and prediction