Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Nakashima will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.45
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| 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. 80, Hijikata got to the 2nd round after defeating Christopher Eubanks 7-64 7-62.
In the 1st round, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (7-64 7-62). During the match, Hijikata scored 80 points vs Eubanks’s 73. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hijikata broke Eubanks once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Hijikata has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (174-109). 1-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has an overall20-17 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Australian has an aggregate 9-11 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-30 | 19-14 | 6-8 | 2-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-1 6-4). During the match Nakashima scored 56 points vs Ajdukovic’s 41. Brandon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Ajdukovic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
The American has a compiled 23-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Nakashima has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 |
| Pts | 80-73 | 56-41 |
| Total Points | 153 | 97 |
| Winners | 41 | 23 |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% |
Both Hijikata and Nakashima played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 9 games more than Nakashima. The Australian scored 41 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon blasted 23 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 52/77 | 29/50 |
| %1st in | 68% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 23/29 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 67% |
Hijikata managed to score 7 aces . Nakashima fired 4 aces . Hijikata won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Hijikata broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Hijikata surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Brandon was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Hijikata | |||
| R1 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 80-73 | 80-73 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/77 | 52/77 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 41/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-41 | 56-41 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-63 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Denis KudlaKudla (3-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benoit PairePaire (7-613 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Max Purcell/Jordan ThompsonPurcell/Jordan Thompson – Evan King/John-Patrick SmithKing/John-Patrick Smith (6-4 6-75 10-4) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-7(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-6(3) 6-7(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Jeff WolfWolf (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yibing WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
