David Goffin and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the 1st round of Wimbledon for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.87
David Goffin -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 4th time that David Goffin and Rinky Hijikata face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Goffin won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in February 2025.

David Goffin

David Goffin

8 - 12win/loss

Hard
5-7
I Hard
0-2
Clay
3-3
Rank
118
High
7
LWLLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-26 10-15 4-4 2-6 0-1 0-0
2024 47-28 24-11 7-7 9-7 7-3 0-0
2023 36-26 2-5 11-9 18-9 5-3 0-0
2022 34-29 7-13 14-5 9-9 4-2 0-0
2021 14-15 4-8 5-5 5-1 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 63, Goffin will start his run in Wimbledon after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-3 3-6 1-0 ret. to Muller in the 1st round on the 24th of April.

David has a composed 8-12 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on grass.

Talking about his overall career, David has an overall 656-390 record. He has a positive 44-31 record on grass.

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2022. See his history.

Wimbledon
Goffin's Record

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata

15 - 21win/loss

Hard
7-10
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-7
Grass
3-3
Rank
127
High
62
WWLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-32 15-16 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. 87, Hijikata will start his run in London after he played his last match in Mallorca where he lost 3-6 7-5 6-2 to Tomic in the 1st round on the 24th of June.

The Australian has an overall 15-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Hijikata’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.

In terms of his career, Hijikata has an overall 216-152 record. He has a positive 22-18 record on grass.

Previously in Wimbledon

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

Wimbledon
Hijikata's Record

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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