Novak Djokovic and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.074
Rinky Hijikata -> 8.2
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Rinky Hijikata fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Brisbane back in 2024.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Rinky Hijikata – Brisbane 31-December-2024
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the Serbian will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-1 to Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round on the 8th of March.
The Serbian has an overall 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Novak’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 1232-252 record. He has a positive 548-92 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, he won this tournament 6 times in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. See his history.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-10 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 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. 86, Hijikata reached the 2nd round after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 7-5 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Hijikata defeated Medjedovic (7-5 3-6 7-5). During the match Hijikata scored 102 points vs Medjedovic’s 100. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Hijikata managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 71% of his first serves in, winning 66% (44/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Medjedovic 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Hijikata has an aggregate 8-10 win-loss record in 2025, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-66 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-5 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Brandon HoltHolt (2-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander BlockxBlockx (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Billy HarrisHarris (7-62 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Aleksandar VukicVukic (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-6(6) 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marcos GironGiron (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tommy PaulPaul (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Hugo GastonGaston (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
