PREVIEW. Ilkley Challenger. Watanuki and Hijikata will face off in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 19th of June
Yosuke Watanuki and Rinky Hijikata will play each other in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.61
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23-12 | 13-6 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 21-21 | 12-14 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 121, the Japanese will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in Stuttgart where he lost 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5) to Hurkacz in the 2nd round on the 14th of June.
Yousuke has an overall 23-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Yousuke’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 199-125 record. He has a positive 7-5 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23-19 | 17-12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 6-3 | 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. 133, the Australian will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in S Hertogenbosch where he lost 7-6(5) 6-3
to Thompson in the semifinal on the 17th of June.
The Australian has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
In terms of his career, Rinky has an overall 142-83 record. He has a positive 11-7 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.