Rinky Hijikata and Alex Bolt will play each other in the quarter of the Birmingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.66
Alex Bolt -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Alex Bolt
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Alex Bolt play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Hijikata won 7-6(2) 7-6(9) in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.
Rinky Hijikata
14 - 18win/loss
88
62
LLLWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-21 | 7-10 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 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. 78, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Billy Harris 6-1 3-6 6-4 and Yosuke Watanuki 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-1 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 62 points vs Watanuki’s 46. Rinky was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hijikata scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Watanuki 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hijikata has conceded 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (215-149). 2-0 on grass in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed21-15 match record in the last 9 years on grass.
Hijikata’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 14-18 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
13 - 10win/loss
181
125
WLWWLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-13 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Alex reached the quarter after defeating Charles Broom 6-3 7-6(4), Giles Hussey 7-5 6-3, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 7-6(3) and Li Tu 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-2 6-3). During the match Bolt scored 70 points vs Tu’s 52. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt scored 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt was very effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bolt broke Tu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bolt’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Wuxi Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 83 |
| Pts | 151-119 | 291-237 |
| Total Points | 270 | 528 |
| Winners | 69 | 139 |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% |
Hijikata played 2 matches while Bolt competed in 4 matches. Bolt started his run from the qualifications while Hijikata had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rinky Hijikata lost 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 3 set(s) less than Bolt (5 vs 8). Therefore, Hijikata played 41 games less than Bolt. Rinky scored 69 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 139 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 39 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 9.8 |
| 1st in | 92/147 | 175/260 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 69/92 | 139/175 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/55 | 47/85 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 55% |
Hijikata scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Bolt made 39 aces (9.8 per match). Hijikata won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 10/27 |
| % Converted | 53% | 37% |
| Conceded | 13 | 19 |
| Saved | 10 | 16 |
| % Saved | 77% | 84% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Hijikata lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Bolt broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Harris |
R2 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 | 42 | |
| pts | 89-73 | 62-46 | 151-119 | |
| Total points | 162 | 108 | 270 | |
| Winners | 45 | 24 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 56/88 | 36/59 | 92/147 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/56 | 24/36 | 69/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 13/23 | 27/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 57% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/10 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bolt | ||||||
| Q1 Broom |
Q3 Hussey |
R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 7-63 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 83 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 71-54 | 74-65 | 70-52 | 291-237 | |
| Total points | 142 | 125 | 139 | 122 | 528 | |
| Winners | 46 | 28 | 34 | 31 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 61% | 39% | 46% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/85 | 34/56 | 38/64 | 41/55 | 175/260 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 61% | 59% | 75% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 28/34 | 34/38 | 31/41 | 139/175 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 82% | 89% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/22 | 13/26 | 8/14 | 47/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 50% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/7 | 2/7 | 3/10 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 29% | 30% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 5/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 0% | 50% | 100% | 121% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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