Ilya Ivashka and Rinky Hijikata will face off in the 2^nd round of the Surbiton 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 lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilya Ivashka who should win in 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.39
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.82

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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Rinky Hijikata

There is no head to head record between Ilya Ivashka and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ilya Ivashka

Ranked no. 73, Ivashka got to the 2^nd round after beating Hugo Grenier 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Ivashka had a good straight sets win against Grenier (7-5 6-1). During the match, Ivashka scored 68 points vs Grenier’s 46. Ivashka was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ivashka blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ilya Ivashka was exceptionally efficient on Serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ilya broke Grenier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Ivashka has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (323-216). 1-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ivashka has a composed 20-15 match record in the last years on grass.

Ilya has an aggregate 9-14 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Surbiton Challenger

Ivashka has never competed in this tournament before.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 136, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after beating Billy Harris 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-3 7-5). During the match Hijikata scored 64 points vs Harris’s 50. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Hijikata bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Rinky Hijikata was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hijikata broke Harris twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.

Rinky has an aggregate 18-16 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Ivashka and Hijikata played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ivashka and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ivashka played 2 games less than Hijikata. Ilya scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky recorded 27 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Ivashka made 4 aces . Hijikata made 2 aces . Ivashka won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.

How they played the important points

Ilya broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ivashka dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.