Rinky Hijikata and Carl Emil Overbeck will face off in the 2^nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 127, Rinky reached the 2^nd round after beating Blaise Bicknell 6-4 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 649 (career-high), Emil reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alexander Klintcharov 6-3 6-2, Pavle Marinkov 6-4 6-4 and Jake Delaney 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st 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

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