Rinky Hijikata and Carl Emil Overbeck will face off in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.31
Carl Emil Overbeck -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Carl Emil Overbeck
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Carl Emil Overbeck since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
28 - 32win/loss
114
62
WWWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 20-17 | 4-7 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 127, Rinky reached the 2nd round after beating Blaise Bicknell 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Hijikata defeated Bicknell (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 101 points vs Bicknell’s 94. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (43/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Bicknell 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Hijikata has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (229-163). 14-16 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall164-99 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Hijikata’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.
Rinky has an aggregate 28-32 win-loss record in 2025, 14-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Carl Emil Overbeck
28 - 13win/loss
523
523
LWWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-15 | 20-5 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-5 | 0-2 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 649 (career-high), Emil reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Klintcharov 6-3 6-2, Pavle Marinkov 6-4 6-4 and Jake Delaney 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Delaney (6-3 6-2). During the match Emil scored 65 points vs Delaney’s 44. Emil was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Emil bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carl Emil Overbeck was quite effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) 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. The Dane broke Delaney 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Dane’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Alkmaar and M25 Brisbane.
The Dane has an overall 28-13 win-loss record in 2025, 16-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Emil has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Emil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 54 |
| Pts | 101-94 | 197-150 |
| Total Points | 195 | 347 |
| Winners | 43 | 78 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Hijikata played 1 match while Emil competed in 3 matches. Emil started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set while Carl Emil Overbeck hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hijikata has played 3 set(s) less than Emil (3 vs 6). Therefore, Hijikata played 24 games less than Emil. The Australian scored 43 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Emil struck 78 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Emil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 99/174 |
| %1st in | 66% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 43/68 | 78/99 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 42/75 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Hijikata struck 1 ace . Emil also recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Hijikata won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Emil won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Emil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Hijikata broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hijikata lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Emil broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Carl conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 101-94 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 43/68 | 43/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Emil | |||||
| Q1 Klintcharov |
Q3 Marinkov |
R1 Delaney |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 66-58 | 65-44 | 197-150 | |
| Total points | 114 | 124 | 109 | 347 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 23 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/58 | 31/56 | 99/174 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 59% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 27/34 | 23/31 | 78/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 11/24 | 17/25 | 42/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 46% | 68% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 100% | 260% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Dane SweenySweeny – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Blake EllisEllis – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-70 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Cruz HewittHewitt – Omar JasikaJasika (3-6 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Hayden JonesJones (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Emile HuddHudd (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tai SachSach – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Karan SinghSingh – Aryan ShahShah (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tai SachSach – Blake EllisEllis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
