Arthur Rinderknech and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the qualifications of the cinch Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.36
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.98

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 2^nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Rinky Hijikata fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rinderknech (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Rinderknech won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Phoenix Challenger back in March 2024.

Arthur Rinderknech

Ranked no. 67, Rinderknech reached the qualifications after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 7-5.

In the qualifications, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (6-4 7-5). During the match, Rinderknech scored 80 points vs Kovacevic’s 70. Rinderknech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rinderknech blasted 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Kovacevic twice after converting 13% of his break points (2/15).

Rinderknech has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (274-168). 2-1 on grass in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rinderknech has a composed13-12 match record in the last 9 years on grass.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Lille Challenger where he defeated Joris De Loore in the final 6-4 3-6 7-6(8).

Rinderknech has an overall 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in London

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 80, Rinky got to the qualifications after defeating Henry Searle 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Searle (6-4 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 61 points vs Searle’s 43. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Hijikata recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hijikata broke Searle 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Australian has an overall 12-19 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in London

Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rinderknech	Hijikata
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	19
Pts	80-70	61-43
Total Points	150	104
Winners	35	23
%Winners	44%	38%

Both Rinderknech and Hijikata played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rinderknech and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rinderknech played 3 games more than Hijikata. The French player scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 23 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rinderknech	Hijikata
Aces	16	6
Avg per match	16	6
1st in	43/62	26/51
%1st in	69%	51%
1st pts	35/43	23/26
%1st pts	81%	88%
2nd pts	12/19	15/25
%2nd pts	63%	60%

Rinderknech fired 16 aces . Hijikata struck 6 aces . Rinderknech won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rinderknech	Hijikata
Won	2	3
Converted	2/15	3/4
% Converted	13%	75%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	2	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	1

The French player broke his opponent twice with a 13% conversion rate. Arthur quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Rinderknech
	Q1 Kovacevic	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	80-70	80-70
Total points	150	150
Winners	35	35
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	43/62	43/62
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	35/43	35/43
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/15	2/15
Converted %	13%	13%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Hijikata
	Q1 Searle	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	61-43	61-43
Total points	104	104
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	26/51	26/51
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	23/26	23/26
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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