Rinky Hijikata and Blaise Bicknell will play each other in the 1st round of the Acapulco Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO ARENA GNP SEGUROS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.21
Blaise Bicknell -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Blaise Bicknell
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Blaise Bicknell clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Hijikata won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2021.
Rinky Hijikata
10 - 13win/loss
77
70
| 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, the Australian will start his run in the Acapulco Challenger after he played his last match in the Cuernavaca Challenger where he lost 7-5 1-0 ret. to Galarneau in the 1st round on the 9th of April.
The Australian has a composed 9-13 win-loss record in 2024, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 174-111 record. He has a positive 128-73 record on hard.
Previously in the Acapulco Challenger
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaise Bicknell
7 - 8win/loss
325
306
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 6-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 315, the Jamaican will start his run in the Acapulco Challenger after he played his last match in the Mexico City Challenger where he lost 6-1 ret.
to Artnak in the qualifications on the 31st of March.Blaise has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Indian Wells 2 Challenger where he beat Zachary Svajda in the final 6-3 6-2.
In terms of his career, Bicknell has an overall 92-62 record. He has a positive 57-32 record on hard.
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