Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rinky Hijikata will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 1. 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.3
Rinky Hijikata -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rinky Hijikata clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2023.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Rinky Hijikata – Shanghai 07-October-2023
Stefanos Tsitsipas
32 - 20win/loss
43
3
WLWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-21 | 19-12 | 12-6 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 22-18 | 12-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-11 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, the Greek reached the qualifications after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (7-5 6-2). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 70 points vs Nishioka’s 49. Tsitsipas was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas scored 9 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Greek broke Nishioka 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (462-227). 16-11 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has an aggregate 170-96 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Gstaad where he overcame Raphael Collignon in the final 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3.
Tsitsipas has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2026, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Rinky Hijikata
34 - 27win/loss
85
62
LLWLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-29 | 21-17 | 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. 82, Hijikata got to the qualifications after beating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (6-2 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 61 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 39. Hijikata was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Ugo Carabelli 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Australian has a compiled 34-27 win-loss record in 2026, 21-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 70-49 | 61-39 |
| Total Points | 119 | 100 |
| Winners | 25 | 23 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Tsitsipas and Hijikata played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tsitsipas played 3 games more than Hijikata. Tsitsipas scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Hijikata managed to score 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 26/49 |
| %1st in | 66% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 23/26 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 61% |
Tsitsipas fired 9 aces . Hijikata recorded 5 aces . Tsitsipas won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Tsitsipas conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hijikata was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| Q1 Nishioka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 70-49 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Ugo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/49 | 26/49 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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