H2H, prediction of Rinky Hijikata vs Zachary Svajda in Hangzhou Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 10th October 2024

PREVIEW. Hangzhou Challenger. Hijikata and Svajda will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hangzhou Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 10th of October

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Zachary Svajda

Rinky Hijikata and Zachary Svajda will square off in the 2nd round of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.72
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Zachary Svajda

This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Zachary Svajda square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Svajda (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Svajda won 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1 in the final in the Cary 2 Challenger back in 2023.

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

26 - 31win/loss

Hard
19-19
I Hard
1-1
Clay
1-6
Grass
5-5
Rank
73
High
62
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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
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Ranked no. 78, Hijikata got to the 2nd round after beating Yan Bai 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(1).

In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Bai (6-1 6-75 7-61). During the match, Hijikata scored 119 points vs Bai’s 99. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (30/47) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Bai 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (191-129). 19-19 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a compiled140-81 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Rinky has an aggregate 26-31 win-loss record in 2024, 19-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

Hijikata
Hangzhou Challenger
Hijikata's Record

Zachary Svajda

Zachary Svajda
Zachary Svajda

35 - 31win/loss

Hard
27-20
I Hard
0-2
Clay
2-4
Grass
6-5
Rank
169
High
102
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-35 27-21 2-4 2-5 6-5 0-0
2023 46-24 28-8 2-6 10-6 6-4 0-0
2022 26-23 25-14 0-3 1-6 0-0 0-0
2021 24-13 24-12 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 6-6 5-3 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 131, Svajda got to the 2nd round after defeating Tianhui Zhang 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, Zachary had a good straight sets win against Zhang (7-5 6-3). During the match Svajda scored 68 points vs Zhang’s 55. Zachary was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Svajda bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zachary Svajda was very effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Zhang 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Svajda’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Svajda has an overall 35-31 win-loss record in 2024, 27-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Svajda
Hangzhou Challenger
Svajda's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Hijikata
Z.Svajda
!
2h:46
2h:46
Time on court​
1h:17
1h:17
!
2h:46
2h:46
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
33
33
Games Played​
21
21
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
119
119
Total points​
68
68
119
119
Avg point​
68
68
46
46
Winners
28
28
46
46
Avg Winners​
28
28
39%
39%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
46/66
46/66
1st won total​
28/34
28/34
70%
70%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
30/47
30/47
2nd won total​
15/25
15/25
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
3/7
3/7
4/12
4/12
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
33%
33%
Won
43%
43%
5
5
Conceded
1
1
5
5
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hijikata Svajda
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 33 21
Pts 119-99 68-55
Total Points 218 123
Winners 46 28
%Winners 39% 41%

Both Hijikata and Svajda played 1 match. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata surrendered 1 set while Zachary Svajda hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Svajda (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hijikata played 12 games more than Svajda. Rinky scored 46 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hijikata Svajda
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 5
1st in 66/113 34/59
%1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 46/66 28/34
%1st pts 70% 82%
2nd pts 30/47 15/25
%2nd pts 64% 60%

Hijikata managed to score 3 aces . Svajda managed to score 5 aces . Hijikata won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hijikata Svajda
Won 4 3
Converted 4/12 3/7
% Converted 33% 43%
Conceded 5 1
Saved 3 0
% Saved 60% 0%
Times Broken 2 1

The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Zachary broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Zachary conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
R1
Bai		 Total
Score 6-1 6-75 7-61
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 33
pts 119-99 119-99
Total points 218 218
Winners 46 46
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 66/113 66/113
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 46/66 46/66
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 30/47 30/47
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Svajda
R1
Zhang		 Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 68-55 68-55
Total points 123 123
Winners 28 28
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 34/59 34/59
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 28/34 28/34
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 15/25 15/25
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Rinky Hijikata
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3Chall
  • 7Minor
Zachary Svajda
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4Chall
  • 3Minor

Rinky
Hijikata

1:2

Zachary
Svajda

Rank

73

High

62

1Hard2

Rank

169

High

102

Win Loss
Hijikata
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Svajda
LWLLWLWLWW
2024 2023 2022
36 - 33
37 - 35
29-21
Hard
27-21
1-1
I Hard
2-5
1-6
Clay
2-4
5-5
Grass
6-5

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou Challenger

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Hijikata
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Svajda
Zachary Svajda