Rinky Hijikata and Alexis Galarneau will face off in the 1st round of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.5
Alexis Galarneau -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Alexis Galarneau
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Alexis Galarneau since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, Rinky will start his run in the Cuernavaca Challenger after he played his last match in Houston where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Nakashima in the 2nd round on the 3rd of April.
Rinky has an overall 9-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 174-110 record. He has a positive 128-72 record on hard.
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexis Galarneau
7 - 4win/loss
169
153
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, Alexis will start his run in the Cuernavaca Challenger after he played his last match in the Mexico City Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3
to Agustin in the final on the 7th of April.The Canadian has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Galarneau’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Canadian has an overall 147-120 record. He has a positive 82-64 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Cuernavaca Challenger
- Maxime CressyCressy – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominik PalanPalan – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin LockLock (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction