Grigor Dimitrov and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Stadium 17. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.122
Rinky Hijikata -> 6.2

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 3^rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Rinky Hijikata clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Dimitrov won 6-1 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Montreal back in August 2024.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Rinky Hijikata – Montreal 08-August-2024

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 9, Grigor got to the 2^nd round after beating Kyrian Jacquet 6-3 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Grigor had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-3 6-4 6-2). During the match, Dimitrov scored 98 points vs Jacquet’s 71. Dimitrov was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dimitrov scored 11 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was very efficient on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitrov broke Jacquet 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (315-192). 16-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has a compiled 158-93 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

The Bulgarian has a composed 34-13 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 62 (career-high), Hijikata reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6(1) 3-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Australian defeated Davidovich Fokina (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 143 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 135. Hijikata was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Hijikata scored 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 53% of his first serves in, winning 70% (50/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (28/62) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Davidovich Fokina 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Rinky has a compiled 23-27 win-loss record in 2024, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dimitrov	Hijikata
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	27	41
Pts	98-71	143-135
Total Points	169	278
Winners	33	50
%Winners	34%	35%

Both Dimitrov and Hijikata played 1 match. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata conceded 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dimitrov has played 1 set(s) less than Hijikata (3 vs 4). Therefore, Dimitrov played 14 games less than Hijikata. The Bulgarian scored 33 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 50 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dimitrov	Hijikata
Aces	11	8
Avg per match	11	8
1st in	38/80	71/133
%1st in	48%	53%
1st pts	33/38	50/71
%1st pts	87%	70%
2nd pts	22/42	28/62
%2nd pts	52%	45%

Dimitrov recorded 11 aces . Hijikata struck 8 aces . Dimitrov won 87% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dimitrov	Hijikata
Won	6	8
Converted	6/16	8/16
% Converted	38%	50%
Conceded	6	16
Saved	5	9
% Saved	83%	56%
Times Broken	1	7

Grigor broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Dimitrov surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rinky conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
	R1 Jacquet	Total
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	98-71	98-71
Total points	169	169
Winners	33	33
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	38/80	38/80
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	33/38	33/38
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	22/42	22/42
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Hijikata
	R1 Davidovich Fokina	Total
Score	7-61 3-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	41	41
pts	143-135	143-135
Total points	278	278
Winners	50	50
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	71/133	71/133
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	50/71	50/71
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	28/62	28/62
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/16	8/16
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	16	16
Saved	9/16	9
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	7	7

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-6⁷ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-4 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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• Alexander ZverevZverev – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-2 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-3 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Hugo GrenierGrenier (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
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• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-6² 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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• Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-7³ 6-0 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-6² 2-6 5-7 7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Luca NardiNardi (7-5 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6³ 1-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-7² 6-2 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Adam WaltonWalton (3-6 7-6⁷ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-1 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-6(7) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression

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