H2H, prediction of Rinky Hijikata vs James McCabe in Brisbane 1 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th January 2025

PREVIEW. Brisbane 1 Challenger. Hijikata and McCabe will play each other in the 2nd round of the Brisbane 1 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 29th of January

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. James McCabe

Rinky Hijikata and James McCabe will play each other in the 2nd round of the Brisbane 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on SHOW COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.

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

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. James McCabe

This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and James McCabe fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Hijikata won 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in the Burnie Challenger back in 2023.

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata

4 - 4win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
87
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-21 7-10 4-7 1-1 4-3 0-0
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
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Ranked no. 73, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Hayden Jones 6-7(3) 6-4 6-0.

In the 1st round against Jones, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-0). During the match, Hijikata scored 114 points vs Jones’s 98. Hijikata was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hijikata blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Jones 6 times after converting 26% of his break points (6/23).

Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (205-135). 4-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a compiled154-87 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Rinky has an aggregate 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 1 Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

Hijikata
Brisbane 1 Challenger
Hijikata's Record

James McCabe

James McCabe
James McCabe

3 - 3win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
181
High
176
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-20 14-14 0-2 0-0 6-4 0-0
2024 55-35 47-28 1-2 1-1 6-4 0-0
2023 29-27 24-14 2-6 1-3 2-4 0-0
2022 39-27 30-19 9-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 17-5 17-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 225 (career-high), James reached the 2nd round after beating Moerani Bouzige 6-1 7-6(4).

In the 1st round, McCabe had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-1 7-64). During the match McCabe scored 72 points vs Bouzige’s 49. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, McCabe recorded 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James McCabe was exceptionally effective on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Bouzige twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

McCabe has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

McCabe
Brisbane 1 Challenger
McCabe's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Hijikata
J.McCabe
!
3h:05
3h:05
Time on court​
1h:38
1h:38
!
3h:05
3h:05
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
20
20
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
114
114
Total points​
72
72
114
114
Avg point​
72
72
33
33
Winners
28
28
33
33
Avg Winners​
28
28
29%
29%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
15
15
5
5
Avg Aces
!
15
15
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4
4
33/49
33/49
1st won total​
28/30
28/30
67%
67%
1st won %
!
93%
93%
24/39
24/39
2nd won total​
17/25
17/25
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
6/23
6/23
BP won
2/6
2/6
6/23
6/23
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
!
26%
26%
Won
33%
33%
6
6
Conceded
0
0
6
6
Avg Conceded
0
0
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hijikata McCabe
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 29 20
Pts 114-98 72-49
Total Points 212 121
Winners 33 28
%Winners 29% 39%

Both Hijikata and McCabe played 1 match. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata lost 1 set while James McCabe hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than McCabe (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hijikata played 9 games more than McCabe. Hijikata scored 33 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, James struck 28 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hijikata McCabe
Aces 5 15
Avg per match 5 15
1st in 49/88 30/55
%1st in 56% 55%
1st pts 33/49 28/30
%1st pts 67% 93%
2nd pts 24/39 17/25
%2nd pts 62% 68%

Hijikata fired 5 aces . McCabe fired 15 aces . Hijikata won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hijikata McCabe
Won 6 2
Converted 6/23 2/6
% Converted 26% 33%
Conceded 6 0
Saved 4 0
% Saved 67% 0%
Times Broken 2 0

Hijikata broke his opponent 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. James was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Hijikata
R1
Jones		 Total
Score 6-73 6-4 6-0
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 114-98 114-98
Total points 212 212
Winners 33 33
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 49/88 49/88
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 33/49 33/49
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 24/39 24/39
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/23 6/23
Converted % 26% 26%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2
McCabe
R1
Bouzige		 Total
Score 6-1 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 72-49 72-49
Total points 121 121
Winners 28 28
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 15 15
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 30/55 30/55
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 28/30 28/30
% 1st pts 93% 93%
2nd pts 17/25 17/25
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Rinky Hijikata
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3Chall
  • 7Minor
James McCabe
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 2Minor

Rinky
Hijikata

1:1

James
McCabe

Rank

87

High

62

1Hard1

Rank

181

High

176

Win Loss
Hijikata
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McCabe
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2025 2024 2023
16 - 21
20 - 20
7-10
Hard
14-14
1-1
I Hard
0-0
4-7
Clay
0-2
4-3
Grass
6-4

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