Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Holt will play each other in the 1^st round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER 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 Holt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.64
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Holt

This will be the 4^th time that Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Holt play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Holt (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Holt won 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Houston back in 2023.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 83, Rinky will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 7-5 6-1 to Nakashima in the 2^nd round on the 8^th of March.

The Australian has a compiled 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Rinky has an overall 207-140 record. He has a positive 155-91 record on hard.

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 111 (career-high), the American will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-4 6-2

to Dzumhur in the qualifications on the 3^rd of March.

The American has a compiled 22-6 win-loss record in 2025, 19-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.

In terms of his career, Brandon has an overall 197-122 record. He has a positive 171-98 record on hard.

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Holt has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger

• Colton SmithSmith – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexander BublikBublik – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon HoltHolt (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction