Rinky Hijikata and Alexis Galarneau will fight against each other in the quarter of the Acapulco Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.68
Alexis Galarneau -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Alexis Galarneau

This will be the 2^nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Alexis Galarneau fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Galarneau (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Galarneau won 7-5 1-0 ret. in the 1^st round in the Cuernavaca Challenger back in April 2024.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 77, Hijikata got to the quarter after beating Blaise Bicknell 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Bor Artnak 7-6⁵ 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Artnak (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 83 points vs Artnak’s 67. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hijikata managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hijikata broke Artnak twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hijikata has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (176-111). 9-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an overall130-73 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Rinky has a composed 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Acapulco Challenger

Hijikata has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexis Galarneau

Ranked no. 170, Alexis got to the quarter after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-3 6-2 and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 7-6⁷ 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Galarneau had a good straight sets win against Daniel Vallejo (7-6⁷

6-1). During the match Galarneau scored 75 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 64. Galarneau was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Galarneau was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 64% of his first serves in, winning 56% (22/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Daniel Vallejo 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Galarneau hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Canadian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger.

The Canadian has an overall 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Galarneau
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	49	37
Pts	183-153	133-101
Total Points	336	234
Winners	56	45
%Winners	31%	34%

Both Hijikata and Galarneau played 2 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata dropped 1 set while Alexis Galarneau hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Galarneau (5 vs 4). Therefore, Hijikata played 12 games more than Galarneau. Hijikata scored 56 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Alexis recorded 45 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Galarneau
Aces	10	4
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	71/138	64/113
%1st in	51%	57%
1st pts	56/71	45/64
%1st pts	79%	70%
2nd pts	34/67	28/49
%2nd pts	51%	57%

Hijikata struck 10 aces (5 per match). Galarneau scored 4 aces (2 per match). Hijikata won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Galarneau
Won	9	9
Converted	9/28	9/14
% Converted	32%	64%
Conceded	12	10
Saved	7	7
% Saved	58%	70%
Times Broken	5	3

The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Alexis broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Galarneau conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R1 Bicknell	R2 Artnak	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-3	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	22	49
pts	100-86	83-67	183-153
Total points	186	150	336
Winners	30	26	56
%Winners	30%	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	10
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	41/73	30/65	71/138
% 1st in	56%	46%	51%
1st pts	30/41	26/30	56/71
% 1st pts	73%	87%	79%
2nd pts	14/32	20/35	34/67
% 2nd pts	44%	57%	51%
Breaks
Won	7	2	9
Converted	7/18	2/10	9/28
Converted %	39%	20%	32%
Conceded	9	3	12
Saved	5/9	2/3	7
Saved %	56%	67%	62%
Times Broken	4	1	5

Galarneau
	R1 Fanselow	R2 Daniel	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-67 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	20	37
pts	58-37	75-64	133-101
Total points	95	139	234
Winners	23	22	45
%Winners	40%	29%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	4
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	25/52	39/61	64/113
% 1st in	48%	64%	57%
1st pts	23/25	22/39	45/64
% 1st pts	92%	56%	70%
2nd pts	16/27	12/22	28/49
% 2nd pts	59%	55%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	6	9
Converted	3/4	6/10	9/14
Converted %	75%	60%	64%
Conceded	4	6	10
Saved	4/4	3/6	7
Saved %	100%	50%	75%
Times Broken	0	3	3

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