Taylor Fritz and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.105
Rinky Hijikata -> 6.6
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Rinky Hijikata play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Delray beach back in 2024.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Rinky Hijikata – Delray beach 16-February-2024
Taylor Fritz
37 - 20win/loss
13
4
LWWWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-20 | 19-12 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-23 | 31-12 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 13-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, Taylor will start his run in Basel after he played his last match in Lyon where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Musetti in the final on the 25th of October.
The American has a compiled 37-20 win-loss record in 2026, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Washington where he defeated Rafael Jodar in the final 7-6(2) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Taylor has an overall 496-283 record. He has a positive 73-52 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Rinky Hijikata
35 - 31win/loss
85
62
LWLLLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-31 | 21-17 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 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. 85, the Australian reached the 1st round after beating Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6(5) 6-3 and Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (7-65 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 76 points vs Kecmanovic’s 68. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Hijikata scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kecmanovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
ATP Basel - Rinky Hijikata's projected path
The Australian has a composed 35-31 win-loss record in 2026, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Basel
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneRune – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-72 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex Michelsen/Botic Van De ZandschulpMichelsen/Botic Van De Zandschulp – Jakub Paul/Matej VocelPaul/Matej Vocel (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-75 7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Dominic StrickerStricker (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Casper RuudRuud (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
