Rinky Hijikata and Taro Daniel will play each other in the 1^st round of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. 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 Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.74
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Taro Daniel

This will be the 2^nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Taro Daniel fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Daniel won 3-6 6-2 7-6(5) in the semifinal in the Sydney Challenger back in 2023.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 74, Rinky got to the 1^st round after beating Daniel Altmaier 7-6(4) 6-1 and Alexis Galarneau 2-6 6-4 7-6(5).

In the qualifications against Galarneau, Hijikata recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵).During the match, Hijikata scored less points (4) than Galarneau. In fact, the world no. 74 won 109 points vs Galarneau’s. That means that Hijikata was more focused during the important points. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 56% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Galarneau 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (183-122). 11-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has an aggregate132-74 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Hijikata has an overall 18-24 win-loss record in 2024, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 87, the Japanese reached the 1^st round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(5) 6-2 and Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-4 6-4). During the match Daniel scored 64 points vs Cazaux’s 54. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Daniel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taro Daniel was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Cazaux twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Auckland.

Taro has an aggregate 16-23 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Daniel
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	51	41
Pts	174-161	135-108
Total Points	335	243
Winners	61	54
%Winners	35%	40%

Both Hijikata and Daniel played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rinky Hijikata surrendered 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Daniel (5 vs 4). Therefore, Hijikata played 10 games more than Daniel. Hijikata scored 61 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese struck 54 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Daniel
Aces	4	9
Avg per match	2	4.5
1st in	93/166	70/120
%1st in	56%	58%
1st pts	61/93	54/70
%1st pts	66%	77%
2nd pts	40/73	34/50
%2nd pts	55%	68%

Hijikata blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Daniel managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Hijikata won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Daniel
Won	8	4
Converted	8/17	4/17
% Converted	47%	24%
Conceded	13	2
Saved	6	2
% Saved	46%	100%
Times Broken	7	0

The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Rinky conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Taro was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Hijikata
	Q1 Altmaier	Q3 Galarneau	Total
Score	7-64 6-1	2-6 6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	31	51
pts	65-48	109-113	174-161
Total points	113	222	335
Winners	24	37	61
%Winners	37%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	0	6	6
1st in	33/59	60/107	93/166
% 1st in	56%	56%	56%
1st pts	24/33	37/60	61/93
% 1st pts	73%	62%	66%
2nd pts	18/26	22/47	40/73
% 2nd pts	69%	47%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/4	5/13	8/17
Converted %	75%	38%	47%
Conceded	1	12	13
Saved	0/1	6/12	6
Saved %	0%	50%	25%
Times Broken	1	6	7

Daniel
	Q1 Kovacevic	Q3 Cazaux	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	20	41
pts	71-54	64-54	135-108
Total points	125	118	243
Winners	32	22	54
%Winners	45%	34%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	1	9
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	42/61	28/59	70/120
% 1st in	69%	47%	58%
1st pts	32/42	22/28	54/70
% 1st pts	76%	79%	77%
2nd pts	13/19	21/31	34/50
% 2nd pts	68%	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/7	2/10	4/17
Converted %	29%	20%	24%
Conceded	2	0	2
Saved	2/2	0/0	2
Saved %	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Montreal

• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Vasek Pospisil/Denis ShapovalovPospisil/Denis Shapovalov (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6⁵ 6-7⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-7⁸ 7-6⁶ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-6⁷ 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneHolger – Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression

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