st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT 11. 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 Dusan Lajovic who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.86
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dusan Lajovic
20 - 18win/loss
67
23
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20-18 | 2-4 | 18-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 7-6 | 7-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 22-28 | 7-12 | 13-10 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Lajovic will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Kitzbuhel where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Zhang in the 1st round on the 1st of August.
Dusan has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Banja Luka where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 483-397 record. He has a positive 102-100 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. See his history.
Rinky Hijikata
28 - 24win/loss
118
110
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28-24 | 19-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 22-17 | 14-8 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Hijikata will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in the Cary 1 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Walton in the quarter on the 11th of August.
Hijikata has an aggregate 28-24 win-loss record in 2023, 19-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
In terms of his career, Hijikata has an overall 147-88 record. He has a positive 103-53 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Rinky has never competed in this tournament before.
