Rinky Hijikata and Gael Monfils will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 19:00 PM on P&G STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.72
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Gael Monfils
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
29 - 23win/loss
85
62
LLWWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-26 | 19-14 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 93, the Australian will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Munar Clar in the 1st round on the 2nd of August.
Rinky has a compiled 28-23 win-loss record in 2026, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Hijikata has an overall 263-187 record. He has a positive 185-111 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-15 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-21 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 8-8 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-7 | 13-5 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 347, the French player will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-3 0-6 6-3 to Tien in the 2nd round on the 5th of August.
Gael has an aggregate 4-8 win-loss record in 2026, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Monfils won his last 10 matches.
In terms of his career, The French player has an overall 683-388 record. He has a positive 267-154 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Quentin HalysHalys – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Yibing WuWu (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-65 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael ZhengZheng – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6(5) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Yibing WuWu (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael ZhengZheng – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6(4) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
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