H2H, prediction of Rinky Hijikata vs Mackenzie Mcdonald in Hangzhou Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 11th October 2024

PREVIEW. Hangzhou Challenger. Hijikata and Mcdonald will square off in the quarter of the Hangzhou Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 11th of October

Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

Rinky Hijikata and Mackenzie Mcdonald will face off in the quarter of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.43
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Mackenzie Mcdonald fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hijikata and Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Mcdonald won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Newport back in July 2024.

Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Rinky Hijikata – Newport 16-July-2024

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

27 - 31win/loss

Hard
20-19
I Hard
1-1
Clay
1-6
Grass
5-5
Rank
74
High
62
LWWWWWWWWW
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

Ranked no. 78, Rinky got to the quarter after beating Yan Bai 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(1) and Zachary Svajda 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round against Svajda, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Hijikata scored 93 points vs Svajda’s 87. Rinky was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hijikata bagged 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was quite effective on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Rinky broke Svajda 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 4 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (192-129). 20-19 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a compiled141-81 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Rinky has an aggregate 27-31 win-loss record in 2024, 20-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

Hijikata
Hangzhou Challenger
Hijikata's Record

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Mackenzie Mcdonald
Mackenzie Mcdonald

16 - 20win/loss

Hard
10-10
I Hard
1-0
Clay
0-4
Grass
5-6
Rank
132
High
37
LWLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-23 18-12 0-4 3-1 5-6 0-0
2023 35-30 23-15 0-6 4-3 8-6 0-0
2022 27-31 16-16 4-6 4-5 3-4 0-0
2021 42-26 15-12 12-5 9-6 6-3 0-0
2020 15-16 10-11 1-1 4-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 151, Mackenzie reached the quarter after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 6-4 and Billy Harris 6-0 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Mcdonald had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-0 6-1). During the match Mcdonald scored 56 points vs Harris’s 25. Mackenzie was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Mcdonald scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mackenzie Mcdonald was very effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Harris 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mcdonald hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger.

Mcdonald has a compiled 16-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Mcdonald
Hangzhou Challenger
Mcdonald's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Hijikata
M.Mcdonald
!
4h:54
4h:54
Time on court​
2h:04
2h:04
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
!
0h:51
0h:51
2
2
Match played
2
2
63
63
Games Played​
31
31
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
212
212
Total points​
116
116
106
106
Avg point​
58
58
82
82
Winners
41
41
41
41
Avg Winners​
20.5
20.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
6
6
7
7
Avg Aces
3
3
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
1
1
82/113
82/113
1st won total​
41/51
41/51
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
53/86
53/86
2nd won total​
23/37
23/37
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
7/18
7/18
BP won
10/16
10/16
3.5/9
3.5/9
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
39%
39%
Won
!
63%
63%
9
9
Conceded
7
7
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
4
4
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
5
5
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hijikata Mcdonald
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 63 31
Pts 212-186 116-65
Total Points 398 181
Winners 82 41
%Winners 39% 35%

Both Hijikata and Mcdonald played 2 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 2 sets while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hijikata has played 2 sets more than Mcdonald (6 vs 4). Therefore, Hijikata played 32 games more than Mcdonald. Hijikata scored 82 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mackenzie scored 41 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hijikata Mcdonald
Aces 14 6
Avg per match 7 3
1st in 113/199 51/88
%1st in 57% 58%
1st pts 82/113 41/51
%1st pts 73% 80%
2nd pts 53/86 23/37
%2nd pts 62% 62%

Hijikata bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Mcdonald blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Hijikata won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hijikata Mcdonald
Won 7 10
Converted 7/18 10/16
% Converted 39% 63%
Conceded 9 7
Saved 5 6
% Saved 56% 86%
Times Broken 4 1

The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Rinky surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
R1
Bai
R1
Bai
R2
Svajda
R2
Svajda
Total
Score 6-1 6-75 7-61 6-1 6-75 7-61 3-6 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3 3 3 12
Tot Games 33 33 30 30 126
pts 119-99 119-99 93-87 93-87 424-372
Total points 218 218 180 180 796
Winners 46 46 36 36 164
%Winners 39% 39% 39% 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 11 11 28
Double Faults 1 1 4 4 10
1st in 66/113 66/113 47/86 47/86 226/398
% 1st in 58% 58% 55% 55% 57%
1st pts 46/66 46/66 36/47 36/47 164/226
% 1st pts 70% 70% 77% 77% 73%
2nd pts 30/47 30/47 23/39 23/39 106/172
% 2nd pts 64% 64% 59% 59% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4 3 3 14
Converted 4/12 4/12 3/6 3/6 14/36
Converted % 33% 33% 50% 50% 39%
Conceded 5 5 4 4 18
Saved 3/5 3/5 2/4 2/4 10
Saved % 60% 60% 50% 50% 55%
Times Broken 2 2 2 2 8
Mcdonald
R1
Hsiou
R2
Harris
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 13 31
pts 60-40 56-25 116-65
Total points 100 81 181
Winners 22 19 41
%Winners 37% 34% 35%
SERVE
Aces 2 4 6
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 26/44 25/44 51/88
% 1st in 59% 57% 58%
1st pts 22/26 19/25 41/51
% 1st pts 85% 76% 80%
2nd pts 11/18 12/19 23/37
% 2nd pts 61% 63% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 6 10
Converted 4/7 6/9 10/16
Converted % 57% 67% 63%
Conceded 2 5 7
Saved 1/2 5/5 6
Saved % 50% 100% 38%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Hijikata
LWWWWWWWWW
Mcdonald
LWLWWWWWWW
2024 2023 2022
36 - 33
25 - 23
29-21
Hard
18-12
1-1
I Hard
2-1
1-6
Clay
0-4
5-5
Grass
5-6

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