Rinky Hijikata and David Goffin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Winston-Salem for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is David Goffin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, David Goffin is the pick to win this match.
David Goffin -> 1.615
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. David Goffin

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and David Goffin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 65 (career-high), Rinky reached the quarter after beating Arthur Cazaux 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) and Borna Coric 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 3^rd round against Coric, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Hijikata scored 104 points vs Coric’s 95. Hijikata was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (47/66) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Rinky broke Coric 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (187-124). 15-14 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an overall136-76 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Hijikata has a composed 22-26 win-loss record in 2024, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

David Goffin

Ranked no. 90, Goffin got to the quarter after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-5 4-6 6-3, Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-4 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-3.

In the 3^rd round, Goffin had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-3 6-3). During the match Goffin scored 65 points vs Rinderknech’s 48. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Goffin scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. David Goffin was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. David broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

David has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Ilkley Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-2.

Goffin has a composed 37-22 win-loss record in 2024, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2012 and 2014. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Goffin
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	62	67
Pts	202-192	234-191
Total Points	394	425
Winners	84	89
%Winners	42%	38%

Hijikata played 2 matches while Goffin competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Rinky Hijikata conceded 2 sets, while David Goffin dropped 1 set. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Goffin (6 vs 7). Therefore, Hijikata played 5 games less than Goffin. Hijikata scored 84 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian recorded 89 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Goffin
Aces	9	16
Avg per match	4.5	5.3
1st in	123/203	122/205
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	84/123	89/122
%1st pts	68%	73%
2nd pts	45/80	48/83
%2nd pts	56%	58%

Hijikata fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Goffin recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Hijikata won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Goffin won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Goffin
Won	8	13
Converted	8/18	13/31
% Converted	44%	42%
Conceded	18	18
Saved	12	13
% Saved	67%	72%
Times Broken	6	5

The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Hijikata surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R2 Cazaux	R3 Coric	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 7-64	3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	30	62
pts	98-97	104-95	202-192
Total points	195	199	394
Winners	37	47	84
%Winners	38%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	9
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	57/99	66/104	123/203
% 1st in	58%	63%	61%
1st pts	37/57	47/66	84/123
% 1st pts	65%	71%	68%
2nd pts	23/42	22/38	45/80
% 2nd pts	55%	58%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/13	3/5	8/18
Converted %	38%	60%	44%
Conceded	10	8	18
Saved	6/10	6/8	12
Saved %	60%	75%	68%
Times Broken	4	2	6

Goffin
	R1 Munar Clar	R2 Darderi	R3 Rinderknech	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	31	18	18	67
pts	102-95	67-48	65-48	234-191
Total points	197	115	113	425
Winners	37	26	26	89
%Winners	36%	39%	40%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	2	16
Double Faults	3	3	1	7
1st in	56/100	35/58	31/47	122/205
% 1st in	56%	60%	66%	60%
1st pts	37/56	26/35	26/31	89/122
% 1st pts	66%	74%	84%	73%
2nd pts	26/44	11/23	11/16	48/83
% 2nd pts	59%	48%	69%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5	3	13
Converted	5/11	5/8	3/12	13/31
Converted %	45%	63%	25%	42%
Conceded	12	6	0	18
Saved	9/12	4/6	0/0	13
Saved %	75%	67%	–	71%
Times Broken	3	2	0	5

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 1-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juncheng ShangShang (w/o) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 1-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction