Rinky Hijikata and Billy Harris will face off in the 1st round of the Birmingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.81
Billy Harris -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Billy Harris
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Billy Harris clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hijikata won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in the Surbiton Challenger back in 2023.
Rinky Hijikata
12 - 18win/loss
114
62
WWWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 20-17 | 4-7 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-33 | 29-21 | 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 |
Ranked no. 78, the Australian will start his run in the Birmingham Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 1-6 6-3 7-5 7-6(3) to Opelka in the 1st round on the 25th of May.
Hijikata has an aggregate 12-18 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Hijikata has an overall 213-149 record. He has a positive 19-15 record on grass.
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Billy Harris
19 - 23win/loss
126
101
LLLLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-45 | 34-23 | 2-9 | 1-7 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-36 | 12-13 | 6-8 | 7-9 | 14-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, the Brit will start his run in the Birmingham Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Evans in the qualifications on the 20th of May.
Harris has a composed 19-23 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Billy’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the New Delhi Challenger.
In terms of his career, Billy has an overall 408-267 record. He has a positive 29-17 record on grass.
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