Rinky Hijikata and James McCabe will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 -> 1.46
James McCabe -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. James McCabe

This will be the 3^rd time that Rinky Hijikata and James McCabe clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hijikata and McCabe (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, McCabe won 6-4 7-5 in the 2^nd round in the Brisbane 1 Challenger back in January 2025.

Rinky Hijikata

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

and Carl Emil Overbeck 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

In the 2^nd round, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Emil Overbeck (7-6³ 7-6²). During the match, Hijikata scored 82 points vs Emil Overbeck’s 78. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hijikata blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. Rinky was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Emil Overbeck once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hijikata has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Hijikata has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (230-163). 15-16 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a compiled165-99 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.

The Australian has an overall 29-32 win-loss record in 2025, 15-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

James McCabe

Ranked no. 196, James got to the quarter after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-3 and Karan Singh 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, James had a good straight sets win against Singh (6-3 6-2). During the match McCabe scored 58 points vs Singh’s 31. McCabe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, McCabe bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James McCabe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 100% (22/22) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Singh 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

James’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger and the Taipei Challenger.

McCabe has an overall 31-34 win-loss record in 2025, 21-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	McCabe
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	56	36
Pts	183-172	124-79
Total Points	355	203
Winners	83	46
%Winners	45%	37%

Both Hijikata and McCabe played 2 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata lost 1 set while James McCabe hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than McCabe (5 vs 4). Therefore, Hijikata played 20 games more than McCabe. Hijikata scored 83 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 46 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	McCabe
Aces	8	19
Avg per match	4	9.5
1st in	126/188	52/91
%1st in	67%	57%
1st pts	83/126	46/52
%1st pts	66%	88%
2nd pts	39/62	27/39
%2nd pts	63%	69%

Hijikata blasted 8 aces (4 per match). McCabe scored 19 aces (9.5 per match). Hijikata won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	McCabe
Won	5	6
Converted	5/9	6/18
% Converted	56%	33%
Conceded	14	2
Saved	11	1
% Saved	79%	50%
Times Broken	3	1

Hijikata broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R1 Bicknell	R2 Emil	Total
Score	6-4 5-7 6-2	7-63 7-62
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	30	26	56
pts	101-94	82-78	183-172
Total points	195	160	355
Winners	43	40	83
%Winners	43%	49%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	7	8
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	68/103	58/85	126/188
% 1st in	66%	68%	67%
1st pts	43/68	40/58	83/126
% 1st pts	63%	69%	66%
2nd pts	22/35	17/27	39/62
% 2nd pts	63%	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	1	5
Converted	4/8	1/1	5/9
Converted %	50%	100%	56%
Conceded	10	4	14
Saved	8/10	3/4	11
Saved %	80%	75%	78%
Times Broken	2	1	3

McCabe
	R1 Moriya	R2 Singh	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	17	36
pts	66-48	58-31	124-79
Total points	114	89	203
Winners	24	22	46
%Winners	36%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	12	7	19
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	30/51	22/40	52/91
% 1st in	59%	55%	57%
1st pts	24/30	22/22	46/52
% 1st pts	80%	100%	88%
2nd pts	13/21	14/18	27/39
% 2nd pts	62%	78%	69%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/9	3/9	6/18
Converted %	33%	33%	33%
Conceded	2	0	2
Saved	1/2	0/0	1
Saved %	50%	–	25%
Times Broken	1	0	1

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