Who Will Win: Coric Vs Hijikata? Prediction For ATP Winston-salem Open 2024

What Time Will Borna Coric Play Against Rinky Hijikata?

Coric and Hijikata are on the Day 4 Schedule at Winston-salem Open 2024 on Wednesday 21 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Borna Coric from Croatia and Rinky Hijikata from Australia are facing each other in the Winston-Salem tournament. Coric currently leads the head-to-head record between the two players, with a score of 1-0 in his favor. In their previous encounter in the tournament, Coric won with a score of 6-2, 7-6(2).

Borna Coric, who is 27 years old, is currently ranked 87th in the world. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 12 and has a win-loss record of 11-15 in 2024. He has won 9 out of the 12 matches he has played in the current event, reaching the semifinals in 2023. It is worth mentioning that Coric owns 11 victories against top 5 players and finished 2018 at his career-high ranking of No. 12. He was also the youngest player in the top 50 in 2015 and the top 100 in 2014. Some notable achievements of Coric include winning the 2022 Cincinnati title as the lowest-ranked champion in the tournament’s history (defeating Nadal in the process) and winning the 2018 Halle title by defeating Federer, becoming the youngest champion in the tournament’s history at the age of 21. He has also had noteworthy performances in the Marrakech and US Open tournaments, where he saved multiple match points and reached the finals and quarter-finals, respectively. Furthermore, Coric was part of the Croatian team that won the 2018 Davis Cup, but he missed a year of competition due to a shoulder injury from March 2021 to March 2022.

The match is taking place at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, from August 18th to August 24th, 2024. Coric is aiming to reach his fourth quarter-final in this tournament,

having achieved the same feat in his previous three appearances (in 2015, 2017, and 2023). If he succeeds, he will join Carreno Busta, Gasquet, S. Johnson, and Lu as the fifth man to do so in the tournament’s history. Coric is also looking to reach his second ATP Tour quarter-final of the year, following his runner-up finish in Montpellier in February.

On the other hand, Rinky Hijikata, aged 23, is currently ranked 65th in the world, which is his career-high ranking. In 2024, Hijikata has a win-loss record of 12-18, including three quarter-final appearances. He broke into the top 100 after reaching his first ATP Tour semi-final in 2023 at ‘s-Hertogenbosch as a lucky loser and reached his career-high ranking in August 2024. In the 2023 Australian Open, he won the doubles title with Kubler, defeating the number one seeded pair Koolhof/Skupski. Additionally, he achieved his first Grand Slam main draw singles win by coming back from two sets down against Hanfmann. Hijikata has also won two Challenger singles titles in Australia, one in Playford in October 2022 and the other immediately after the 2023 Australian Open in Burnie. Prior to turning pro, he played college tennis at the University of North Carolina and earned All-American honors as a sophomore.

Hijikata, having defeated Cazaux in the second round, now has 12 wins in the current season, surpassing his previous best of 11 wins in 2023. He is aiming to reach his fourth ATP Tour quarter-final in 2024, after previously achieving this milestone in Brisbane, Delray Beach, and London/Queen’s Club. In his overall career, this would be his fifth quarter-final appearance.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Coric will win.
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