Rinky Hijikata and Omar Jasika will clash against each other in the quarter of the Playford Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.36
Omar Jasika -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Omar Jasika

This will be the 3^rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Omar Jasika clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hijikata and Jasika (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Jasika won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the Burnie 1 Challenger back in February 2024.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 83, Hijikata got to the quarter after beating Emile Hudd 7-6(4) 7-6(2) and Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-4 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 66 points vs Sweeny’s 54. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Sweeny 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (194-130). 22-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall143-82 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Hijikata has a compiled 29-32 win-loss record in 2024, 22-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Omar Jasika

Ranked no. 193, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Takuya Kumasaka 7-5 6-2 and Christian Langmo 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-3 6-3). During the match Jasika scored 73 points vs Langmo’s 52. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Jasika made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Omar Jasika was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) 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 Australian broke Langmo 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jasika hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie 1 Challenger where he defeated Alex Bolt in the final 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3.

The Australian has an overall 50-22 win-loss record in 2024, 47-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Jasika
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	45	38
Pts	169-142	142-110
Total Points	311	252
Winners	65	53
%Winners	38%	37%

Both Hijikata and Jasika played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Jasika have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Hijikata played 7 games more than Jasika. Hijikata scored 65 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Omar scored 53 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Jasika
Aces	7	3
Avg per match	3.5	1.5
1st in	90/156	75/111
%1st in	58%	68%
1st pts	65/90	53/75
%1st pts	72%	71%
2nd pts	31/66	22/36
%2nd pts	47%	61%

Hijikata bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Jasika blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Hijikata won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Jasika won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Jasika
Won	8	8
Converted	8/18	8/20
% Converted	44%	40%
Conceded	12	9
Saved	7	7
% Saved	58%	78%
Times Broken	5	2

The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Omar conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R1 Hudd	R2 Sweeny	Total
Score	7-64 7-62	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	26	19	45
pts	103-88	66-54	169-142
Total points	191	120	311
Winners	39	26	65
%Winners	38%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	7	2	9
1st in	54/95	36/61	90/156
% 1st in	57%	59%	58%
1st pts	39/54	26/36	65/90
% 1st pts	72%	72%	72%
2nd pts	20/41	11/25	31/66
% 2nd pts	49%	44%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/12	5/6	8/18
Converted %	25%	83%	44%
Conceded	6	6	12
Saved	3/6	4/6	7
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Jasika
	R1 Kumasaka	R2 Langmo	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	18	38
pts	69-58	73-52	142-110
Total points	127	125	252
Winners	26	27	53
%Winners	38%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	42/59	33/52	75/111
% 1st in	71%	63%	68%
1st pts	26/42	27/33	53/75
% 1st pts	62%	82%	71%
2nd pts	10/17	12/19	22/36
% 2nd pts	59%	63%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/9	3/11	8/20
Converted %	56%	27%	40%
Conceded	5	4	9
Saved	3/5	4/4	7
Saved %	60%	100%	80%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger

• Seita Watanabe/Takeru YuzukiWatanabe/Takeru Yuzuki – Matthew Hulme/James WattHulme/James Watt (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jake Delaney/Jesse DelaneyDelaney/Jesse Delaney – Tristan Schoolkate/Li TuSchoolkate/Li Tu (1-6 7-6⁵ 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Calum Puttergill/Dane SweenyPuttergill/Dane Sweeny – Rinky Hijikata/Mac KigerHijikata/Mac Kiger (6-4 6-7⁴ 16-14) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Li TuTu – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Omar JasikaJasika (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction