Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata will play each other in the 1st round of the Sofia Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.68
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 4th time that Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Hijikata won 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in the Playford Challenger back in 2022.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Purcell will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Khachanov in the 1st round on the 30th of October.
Max has an overall 51-27 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Purcell has an overall 261-186 record. He has a positive 18-17 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-17 | 7-10 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 72, the Australian will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Sydney Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-2 7-6(5) to Daniel in the semifinal on the 4th of November.
The Australian has a composed 46-33 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
In terms of his career, Rinky has an overall 165-97 record. He has a positive 11-8 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
LWWWLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Billy HarrisHarris – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nerman FaticFatic (6-72 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Max PurcellPurcell (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
