ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Birmingham
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Hijikata
💥 Big Hitter
Watanuki
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 8,831 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Rinky Hijikata plays Yosuke Watanuki.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Hijikata | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 13–9 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.53 | 3.47 |
| ROI % | +12.1% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +2.67u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Hijikata
0
Watanuki
Jun 4, 2025
Birmingham
G Grass · Round of 16
Jun 20, 2023
Ilkley
G Grass · Round of 32
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Hijikata has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Watanuki's 0%).
| Opponent | Hijikata | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Frances Tiafoe | L 46 46 | L 61 57 67 |
| Dalibor Svrcina | W 64 63 | L 46 06 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Hijikata | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62.3% | 54.1% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 71.2% | 58.3% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.9% | 34.7% |
| Aces / Match | 6.4 | 1.7 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 65.6% | 25% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27.4% | 33.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.4% | 40.9% |
| BP Converted % | 39.2% | 57.6% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 29.1 | 15 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 26.5 | 38 |
| Net Pts Won % | 62.2% | 40% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.6% | 42.3% |
| Surface (Grass) | ||
| Grass Win % | 70% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Rinky Hijikata and Yosuke Watanuki face off in the Round of 16 at Birmingham on Grass.
Rinky Hijikata leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Rinky Hijikata is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Ugo Humbert (Jun 19).
Yosuke Watanuki is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Vitaliy Sachko (Jun 10).
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