Rinky Hijikata and Mackenzie Mcdonald will face off in the quarter of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 3^rd 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.

As 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 3^rd 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 1^st round in Newport back in July 2024.

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

Rinky Hijikata

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 2^nd 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.

Mackenzie Mcdonald

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 2^nd 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).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou Challenger

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