Rinky Hijikata and Borna Coric will square off in the 3rd round of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.4
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Borna Coric
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Borna Coric face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Coric (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Coric won 6-2 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Winston salem back in 2023.
Highlights Borna Coric vs Rinky Hijikata – Winston salem 22-August-2023
Rinky Hijikata
21 - 26win/loss
65
65
WLWLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-26 | 14-14 | 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. 65 (career-high), the Australian reached the 3rd round after beating Arthur Cazaux 4-6 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round against Cazaux, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-64). During the match, Hijikata scored 98 points vs Cazaux’s 97. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata managed to score 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Cazaux 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (186-124). 14-14 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has an overall135-76 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian has an aggregate 21-26 win-loss record in 2024, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Borna Coric
18 - 19win/loss
87
12
WWLLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-19 | 7-8 | 3-7 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-12 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 87, the Croatian reached the 3rd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-4 6-2 and Sebastian Baez 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Coric had a good straight sets win against Baez (6-3 6-4). During the match Coric scored 59 points vs Baez’s 51. Coric was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Coric recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Borna Coric lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Coric put 56% of his first serves in, winning 88% (30/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. Coric broke Baez 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Neuve Challenger and Montpellier.
Borna has an aggregate 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 37 |
| Pts | 98-97 | 116-92 |
| Total Points | 195 | 208 |
| Winners | 37 | 54 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Hijikata played 1 match while Coric competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set while Borna Coric hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Coric (3 vs 4). Therefore, Hijikata played 5 games less than Coric. The Australian scored 37 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Coric recorded 54 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 57/99 | 61/109 |
| %1st in | 58% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 54/61 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 21/48 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 44% |
Hijikata made 2 aces . Coric bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Hijikata won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 78% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Rinky broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Coric broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Coric conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R2 Cazaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 98-97 | 98-97 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/99 | 57/99 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Coric | ||||
| R1 Nagal |
R2 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 57-41 | 59-51 | 116-92 | |
| Total points | 98 | 110 | 208 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/48 | 34/61 | 61/109 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 30/34 | 54/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 88% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 10/27 | 21/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 37% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/4 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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