Rinky Hijikata and Samir Banerjee will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on SIOUX FALLS FORD LINCOLN STADIUM. 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 -> 1.35
Samir Banerjee -> 3.02

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Samir Banerjee

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Samir Banerjee since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 106, Hijikata got to the 2^nd round after beating Jack Pinnington Jones 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Pinnington Jones (6-3 6-0). During the match, Hijikata scored 56 points vs Pinnington Jones’s 33. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 10 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was very efficient on serve to win 77% (10/13) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Pinnington Jones 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Hijikata has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (226-160). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a composed16-13 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Hijikata’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.

Rinky has an overall 25-29 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger

Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.

Samir Banerjee

Ranked no. 375 (career-high), Banerjee reached the 2^nd round after defeating Aidan Mchugh 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Samir had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-3 6-4). During the match Banerjee scored 84 points vs Mchugh’s 66. Samir was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Banerjee made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Samir Banerjee was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Banerjee broke Mchugh twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Samir’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Dallas and M25 Trelew.

Banerjee has a compiled 25-7 win-loss record in 2025, 17-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Banerjee
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	19
Pts	56-33	84-66
Total Points	89	150
Winners	10	30
%Winners	18%	36%

Both Hijikata and Banerjee played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Banerjee have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 4 games less than Banerjee. Rinky scored 10 winners (18% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 30 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Banerjee
Aces	2	2
Avg per match	2	2
1st in	13/35	40/59
%1st in	37%	68%
1st pts	10/13	30/40
%1st pts	77%	75%
2nd pts	16/22	14/19
%2nd pts	73%	74%

Hijikata made 2 aces . Banerjee recorded 2 aces . Hijikata won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Banerjee won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Banerjee
Won	6	2
Converted	6/11	2/8
% Converted	55%	25%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Rinky broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Hijikata
	R1 Pinnington	Total
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	56-33	56-33
Total points	89	89
Winners	10	10
%Winners	18%	18%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	13/35	13/35
% 1st in	37%	37%
1st pts	10/13	10/13
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	16/22	16/22
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Banerjee
	R1 Mchugh	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	84-66	84-66
Total points	150	150
Winners	30	30
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/59	40/59
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	30/40	30/40
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	14/19	14/19
% 2nd pts	74%	74%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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