Rinky Hijikata and Alexis Galarneau will clash against each other in the qualifications of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. 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.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.51
Alexis Galarneau -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Alexis Galarneau
This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Alexis Galarneau face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Galarneau (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Galarneau won 6-0 7-5 in the quarter in the Acapulco Challenger back in April 2024.
Rinky Hijikata
17 - 24win/loss
74
70
WLLLLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-24 | 10-12 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 37-23 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 80, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Daniel Altmaier 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the qualifications, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (7-64 6-1). During the match, Hijikata scored 65 points vs Altmaier’s 48. Hijikata was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata fired 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hijikata broke Altmaier 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Hijikata has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (182-122). 10-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a composed131-74 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian has a compiled 17-24 win-loss record in 2024, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexis Galarneau
19 - 15win/loss
233
153
WLLLLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 10-8 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, Alexis reached the qualifications after defeating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Galarneau had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (6-4 6-4). During the match Galarneau scored 66 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 59. Alexis was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Galarneau scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 73% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Galarneau broke Diaz Acosta 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Alexis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
Galarneau has a composed 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 65-48 | 66-59 |
| Total Points | 113 | 125 |
| Winners | 24 | 37 |
| %Winners | 37% | 56% |
Both Hijikata and Galarneau played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Galarneau have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). Rinky scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian blasted 37 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 53/73 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 37/53 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 10/20 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 50% |
Hijikata recorded 2 aces . Galarneau made 1 ace . Hijikata won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 75% | 75% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Hijikata lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alexis broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Galarneau | |||
| Q1 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/73 | 53/73 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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