Rinky Hijikata and Zachary Svajda will square off in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 3^rd 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.

As 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 3^rd 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

Ranked no. 78, Hijikata got to the 2^nd round after beating Yan Bai 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(1).

In the 1^st 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.

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 131, Svajda got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tianhui Zhang 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st 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).

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou Challenger

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Ray HoHo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-7⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Tianhui ZhangZhang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Rigele TeTe (5-7 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Tianhui ZhangZhang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(1)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (0-0) – H2H and prediction