Rinky Hijikata and Mats Rosenkranz will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.66
Mats Rosenkranz -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Mats Rosenkranz

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Mats Rosenkranz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 119, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after beating Matias Soto 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Soto, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 105 points vs Soto’s 98. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata blasted 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Soto 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Hijikata has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (228-161). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an aggregate18-14 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.

Rinky has a composed 27-30 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger

Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.

Mats Rosenkranz

Ranked no. 285 (career-high), the German reached the 2^nd round after defeating Andres Martin 6-4 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Mats defeated Martin (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Rosenkranz scored 114 points vs Martin’s 102. Mats was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Rosenkranz made 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Mats Rosenkranz lost the serve twice and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Rosenkranz put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (52/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Martin 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Mats’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Oberhaching and M25 Plaisir.

The German has an overall 40-30 win-loss record in 2025, 19-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Rosenkranz
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	29
Pts	105-98	114-102
Total Points	203	216
Winners	44	52
%Winners	42%	46%

Both Hijikata and Rosenkranz played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Rinky Hijikata conceded 1 set, while Mats Rosenkranz lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Rosenkranz have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hijikata played 2 games more than Rosenkranz. The Australian scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The German recorded 52 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Rosenkranz
Aces	12	11
Avg per match	12	11
1st in	65/104	76/118
%1st in	63%	64%
1st pts	44/65	52/76
%1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	19/39	23/42
%2nd pts	49%	55%

Hijikata scored 12 aces . Rosenkranz blasted 11 aces . Hijikata won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Rosenkranz won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Rosenkranz
Won	5	3
Converted	5/9	3/12
% Converted	56%	25%
Conceded	11	15
Saved	7	13
% Saved	64%	87%
Times Broken	4	2

Hijikata broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Rinky dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Mats broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R1 Soto	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	105-98	105-98
Total points	203	203
Winners	44	44
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	65/104	65/104
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	44/65	44/65
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	19/39	19/39
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Rosenkranz
	R1 Martin	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	114-102	114-102
Total points	216	216
Winners	52	52
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	76/118	76/118
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	52/76	52/76
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	23/42	23/42
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	13/15	13
Saved %	87%	87%
Times Broken	2	2

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