Rinky Hijikata and Yi Zhou will square off in the 2^nd round of the Jinan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.38
Yi Zhou -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Yi Zhou

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Yi Zhou since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 114, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-4 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 70 points vs Yevseyev’s 54. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 62% of his first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Yevseyev 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).

Hijikata has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (223-157). 13-14 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall163-97 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Rinky’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.

Hijikata has an overall 22-26 win-loss record in 2025, 13-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.

Yi Zhou

Ranked no. 308, Yi got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 7-6(2) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Zhou had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (7-6² 6-4). During the match Zhou scored 71 points vs Schoolkate’s 62. Yi was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhou scored 8 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yi Zhou was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yi broke Schoolkate twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Zhou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tyler Challenger.

The Chinese has a composed 18-23 win-loss record in 2025, 18-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Zhou
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	23
Pts	70-54	71-62
Total Points	124	133
Winners	20	30
%Winners	29%	42%

Both Hijikata and Zhou played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Zhou have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 5 games less than Zhou. Hijikata scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 30 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Zhou
Aces	3	8
Avg per match	3	8
1st in	34/55	37/61
%1st in	62%	61%
1st pts	20/34	30/37
%1st pts	59%	81%
2nd pts	11/21	13/24
%2nd pts	52%	54%

Hijikata scored 3 aces . Zhou scored 8 aces . Hijikata won 59% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zhou won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Zhou
Won	7	2
Converted	7/17	2/6
% Converted	41%	33%
Conceded	6	1
Saved	2	0
% Saved	33%	0%
Times Broken	4	1

Hijikata broke his opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Yi conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R1 Yevseyev	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	70-54	70-54
Total points	124	124
Winners	20	20
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	34/55	34/55
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	20/34	20/34
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/17	7/17
Converted %	41%	41%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

Zhou
	R1 Schoolkate	Total
Score	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	71-62	71-62
Total points	133	133
Winners	30	30
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	37/61	37/61
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	30/37	30/37
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger

• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Taro DanielDaniel (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Fajing SunSun (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Laslo DjereDjere (7-6¹⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Billy HarrisHarris (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (1-0) – H2H and prediction