Brandon Nakashima and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 2nd round of the Adelaide International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.36
Rinky Hijikata -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Rinky Hijikata clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Hangzhou back in 2024.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs Rinky Hijikata – Hangzhou 22-September-2024
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 37, Nakashima reached the 2nd round after beating Yannick Hanfmann 6-1 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Hanfmann (6-1 2-6 6-3). During the match, Nakashima scored 77 points vs Hanfmann’s 66. Brandon was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nakashima fired 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 57% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Hanfmann 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (227-141). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has a compiled 109-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Nakashima has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 79, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Omar Jasika 6-0 2-1 ret. and David Goffin 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-1 6-2). During the match Hijikata scored 61 points vs Goffin’s 40. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Hijikata fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Goffin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Rinky has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 |
| Pts | 77-66 | 94-50 |
| Total Points | 143 | 144 |
| Winners | 31 | 32 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Nakashima played 1 match while Hijikata competed in 2 matches. Hijikata started his run from the qualifications while Nakashima had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Brandon Nakashima conceded 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nakashima has played 2 set(s) less than Hijikata (3 vs 5). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (24). Nakashima scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Hijikata recorded 32 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/69 | 42/76 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 32/42 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 21/34 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 62% |
Nakashima fired 14 aces . Hijikata struck 6 aces (3 per match). Nakashima won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 9/13 |
| % Converted | 57% | 69% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Brandon broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Brandon dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Hanfmann | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 77-66 | 77-66 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/69 | 39/69 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 31/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hijikata | |||||
| Q1 Jasika | Q3 Walton | R1 Goffin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 2-1 ret. | 1-6 7-64 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 30 | 15 | 54 | |
| pts | 33-10 | – | 61-40 | 94-50 | |
| Total points | 43 | 0 | 101 | 144 | |
| Winners | 11 | 21 | 32 | ||
| %Winners | 33% | 0% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 13/19 | / | 29/57 | 42/76 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 0% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 11/13 | / | 21/29 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 0% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/6 | / | 16/28 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 0% | 57% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 4/4 | / | 5/9 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 0% | 56% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Thomas Fancutt/Matthew Christopher RomiosFancutt/Matthew Christopher Romios (7-62 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-2) – H2H and prediction