H2H, prediction of Ilya Ivashka vs Rinky Hijikata in Surbiton Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th June 2023 – Tennis Tonic

PREVIEW. Surbiton Challenger. Ivashka and Hijikata will play each other in the 2nd round of the Surbiton Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 8th of June

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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

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

Points	Ivashka	Hijikata
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	21
Pts	68-46	64-50
Total Points	114	114
Winners	29	27
%Winners	43%	42%

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

Serve	Ivashka	Hijikata
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	37/56	34/59
%1st in	66%	58%
1st pts	29/37	27/34
%1st pts	78%	79%
2nd pts	11/19	18/25
%2nd pts	58%	72%

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

Breaks	Ivashka	Hijikata
Won	4	2
Converted	4/8	2/4
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	2	0
Saved	1	0
% Saved	50%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

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.

Ivashka
	R1 Grenier	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	68-46	68-46
Total points	114	114
Winners	29	29
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/56	37/56
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	29/37	29/37
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Hijikata
	R1 Harris	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	64-50	64-50
Total points	114	114
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/59	34/59
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	27/34	27/34
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	18/25	18/25
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger

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