Rinky Hijikata and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 7. 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 Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.74
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 4th time that Rinky Hijikata and Aleksandar Kovacevic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kovacevic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kovacevic won 4-6 6-2 7-6(4) in the qualifications in Acapulco back in February 2024.
Rinky Hijikata
20 - 26win/loss
73
62
LWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-33 | 29-21 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 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. 74, Rinky got to the qualifications after defeating Jaimee Floyd Angele 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Floyd Angele (6-1 6-1). During the match, Hijikata scored 58 points vs Floyd Angele’s 33. Hijikata was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Floyd Angele 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (185-123). 13-13 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an aggregate134-75 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Hijikata has a compiled 20-25 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Aleksandar Kovacevic
25 - 23win/loss
96
72
LWLLWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-34 | 19-16 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79 (career-high), Kovacevic reached the qualifications after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Martinez Portero, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 102 points vs Martinez Portero’s 88. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic managed to score 18 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 83% (44/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Martinez Portero 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Aleksandar has an overall 24-23 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 102-88 |
| Total Points | 91 | 190 |
| Winners | 19 | 44 |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% |
Both Hijikata and Kovacevic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Kovacevic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 14 games less than Kovacevic. Rinky scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar blasted 44 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 18 |
| 1st in | 25/37 | 53/85 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 44/53 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 50% |
Hijikata made 2 aces . Kovacevic recorded 18 aces . Hijikata won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 56% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Hijikata pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Floyd |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Martinez Portero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 102-88 | 102-88 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 53/85 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 44/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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