Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Rinky Hijikata will face off in the semifinal of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRAL SCC FRANCE. 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 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 1.54
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Rinky Hijikata

There is no head to head record between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 36, Mpetshi Perricard reached the semifinal after defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3 7-6(7) and Alexander Shevchenko 7-5 7-5.

In the quarter, Mpetshi Perricard had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (7-5 7-5). During the match, Mpetshi Perricard scored 74 points vs Shevchenko’s 59. Mpetshi Perricard was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mpetshi Perricard fired 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was very effective on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Giovanni broke Shevchenko 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giovanni hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Mpetshi Perricard has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (154-119). 2-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mpetshi Perricard has a compiled71-54 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Mpetshi Perricard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.

Mpetshi Perricard has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 82, Hijikata reached the semifinal after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-3 4-6 6-4, Sebastian Baez 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Benjamin Hassan 6-4 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-4 7-6³). During the match Hijikata scored 83 points vs Hassan’s 73. Rinky was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Hijikata bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (43/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Hassan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hijikata has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Hijikata has an aggregate 12-16 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mpetshi Perricard	Hijikata
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	8
Tot Games	46	79
Pts	157-127	277-261
Total Points	284	538
Winners	60	124
%Winners	38%	45%

Mpetshi Perricard played 2 matches while Hijikata competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata conceded 2 sets while Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mpetshi Perricard has played 4 set(s) less than Hijikata (4 vs 8). Therefore, Mpetshi Perricard played 33 games less than Hijikata. Giovanni scored 60 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Rinky fired 124 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mpetshi Perricard	Hijikata
Aces	26	6
Avg per match	13	2
1st in	71/124	184/285
%1st in	57%	65%
1st pts	60/71	124/184
%1st pts	85%	67%
2nd pts	33/53	55/101
%2nd pts	62%	54%

Mpetshi Perricard struck 26 aces (13 per match). Hijikata made 6 aces (2 per match). Mpetshi Perricard won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mpetshi Perricard	Hijikata
Won	6	11
Converted	6/13	11/25
% Converted	46%	44%
Conceded	7	23
Saved	5	17
% Saved	71%	74%
Times Broken	2	6

The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Giovanni surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Hijikata broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Mpetshi Perricard
	R2 Herbert	1/4 Shevchenko	Total
Score	6-3 7-67	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	24	46
pts	83-68	74-59	157-127
Total points	151	133	284
Winners	29	31	60
%Winners	35%	42%	38%
SERVE
Aces	12	14	26
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	33/60	38/64	71/124
% 1st in	55%	59%	57%
1st pts	29/33	31/38	60/71
% 1st pts	88%	82%	85%
2nd pts	18/27	15/26	33/53
% 2nd pts	67%	58%	62%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/6	4/7	6/13
Converted %	33%	57%	46%
Conceded	1	6	7
Saved	1/1	4/6	5
Saved %	100%	67%	84%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Hijikata
	R1 Basavareddy	R2 Baez	1/4 Hassan	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-2	6-4 7-63
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	29	27	23	79
pts	95-91	99-97	83-73	277-261
Total points	186	196	156	538
Winners	38	43	43	124
%Winners	40%	43%	52%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	2	6
Double Faults	1	2	3	6
1st in	60/95	68/108	56/82	184/285
% 1st in	63%	63%	68%	65%
1st pts	38/60	43/68	43/56	124/184
% 1st pts	63%	63%	77%	67%
2nd pts	21/35	23/40	11/26	55/101
% 2nd pts	60%	58%	42%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	11
Converted	5/10	3/10	3/5	11/25
Converted %	50%	30%	60%	44%
Conceded	9	7	7	23
Saved	6/9	6/7	5/7	17
Saved %	67%	86%	71%	112%
Times Broken	3	1	2	6

Tennis Scores in Bordeaux Challenger

• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6³ 6-7¹¹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Cleeve Harper/Ryan SeggermanHarper/Ryan Seggerman – Geoffrey Blancaneaux/Jonathan EyssericBlancaneaux/Jonathan Eysseric (4-6 7-6⁴ 10-8) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(3) 6-7(11) 7-5) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-5 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction