Sebastian Baez and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 2nd round of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL SCC FRANCE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.3
Rinky Hijikata -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Rinky Hijikata square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Baez won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian wells back in 2023.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs Rinky Hijikata – Indian wells 11-March-2023
Sebastian Baez
16 - 12win/loss
45
18
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-27 | 3-9 | 17-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, the Argentine will start his run in the Bordeaux Challenger after he played his last match in Rome where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-4 to Kopriva in the 2nd round on the 9th of May.
Baez has an aggregate 16-12 win-loss record in 2025, 16-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Rio de Janeiro where he defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 267-161 record. He has a positive 228-97 record on clay.
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
10 - 16win/loss
125
62
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-33 | 17-17 | 4-7 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 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. 82, Rinky reached the 2nd round after defeating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Rinky defeated Basavareddy (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Hijikata scored 95 points vs Basavareddy’s 91. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. Rinky broke Basavareddy 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Australian has a composed 10-16 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Bordeaux Challenger
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- N.Sriram Balaji/Miguel-Angel Reyes-VarelaBalaji/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela – Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy (6-77 7-67 10-6) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Pavel KotovKotov (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Taro DanielDaniel (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mathias BourgueBourgue (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Pavel KotovKotov (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Quentin HalysHalys (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Hugo GastonGaston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-1) – H2H and prediction