Rinky Hijikata and Mattia Bellucci will play each other in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on ARENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 3 sets.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.49
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Mattia Bellucci
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
25 - 29win/loss
76
62
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-29 | 18-17 | 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. 76, Hijikata got to the qualifications after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Rinky defeated Vukic (7-62 6-71 7-63). During the match, Hijikata scored 125 points vs Vukic’s 118. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata scored 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (52/73) of his 1st serve and 60% (30/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Vukic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (190-127). 18-17 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a composed139-79 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Hijikata has an overall 25-29 win-loss record in 2024, 18-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Mattia Bellucci
39 - 26win/loss
103
101
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 23-13 | 5-2 | 5-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 103, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Alexandre Muller 4-6 6-2 7-6(3).
In the qualifications against Muller, Bellucci recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-63). During the match Bellucci scored 105 points vs Muller’s 100. Bellucci was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Bellucci scored 14 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Mattia Bellucci was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (42/58) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Italian broke Muller 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Bellucci’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Cary Challenger.
Mattia has an overall 39-26 win-loss record in 2024, 23-13 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Tokyo
Bellucci has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 31 |
| Pts | 125-118 | 105-100 |
| Total Points | 243 | 205 |
| Winners | 52 | 42 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Hijikata and Bellucci played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set, while Mattia Bellucci surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Bellucci have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hijikata played 8 games more than Bellucci. Rinky scored 52 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mattia scored 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 14 |
| 1st in | 73/123 | 58/97 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 52/73 | 42/58 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 21/39 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 54% |
Hijikata scored 8 aces . Bellucci recorded 14 aces . Hijikata won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Rinky lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mattia broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Bellucci conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Vukic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-71 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 125-118 | 125-118 | |
| Total points | 243 | 243 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 73/123 | 73/123 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 52/73 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bellucci | |||
| Q1 Muller | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-100 | 105-100 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 58/97 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 21/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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