Ben Shelton and Rinky Hijikata will face off in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.24
Rinky Hijikata -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 4th time that Ben Shelton and Rinky Hijikata play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Shelton won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Mallorca back in 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Rinky Hijikata – Mallorca 26-June-2024

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

20 - 14win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
7-5
Grass
3-3
Rank
9
High
5
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-24 23-9 7-5 4-6 6-4 0-0
2024 42-26 22-13 8-4 8-5 4-4 0-0
2023 28-26 21-13 4-8 1-2 2-3 0-0
2022 40-11 16-9 0-0 24-2 0-0 0-0
2021 18-7 7-3 5-2 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 10 (career-high), Shelton got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Bolt 6-4 7-6(1) 7-6.

In the 1st round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-4 7-61 7-6). During the match, Shelton scored 118 points vs Bolt’s 105. Shelton was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton blasted 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 82% (59/72) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton broke Bolt twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (148-84). 3-3 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall9-10 record in the last 5 years on grass.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Munich.

Shelton has a compiled 20-14 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Shelton's Record

Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata

16 - 21win/loss

Hard
7-10
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-7
Grass
4-3
Rank
127
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-33 15-17 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
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Ranked no. 87, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating David Goffin 6-3 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-3 6-1 6-1). During the match Hijikata scored 83 points vs Goffin’s 45. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Hijikata struck 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hijikata broke Goffin 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

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

The Australian has an aggregate 16-21 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

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

Wimbledon
Hijikata's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Shelton
R.Hijikata
!
2h:29
2h:29
Time on court​
1h:16
1h:16
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
1
1
36
36
Games Played​
23
23
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
118
118
Total points​
83
83
118
118
Avg point​
83
83
59
59
Winners
31
31
59
59
Avg Winners​
31
31
50%
50%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
6
6
!
15
15
Avg Aces
6
6
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
0
0
59/72
59/72
1st won total​
31/38
31/38
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
19/36
19/36
2nd won total​
20/27
20/27
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
74%
74%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
6/11
6/11
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
!
29%
29%
Won
!
55%
55%
2
2
Conceded
2
2
2
2
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Hijikata
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 36 23
Pts 118-105 83-45
Total Points 223 128
Winners 59 31
%Winners 50% 37%

Both Shelton and Hijikata played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Shelton played 13 games more than Hijikata. Ben scored 59 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 31 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Hijikata
Aces 15 6
Avg per match 15 6
1st in 72/108 38/65
%1st in 67% 58%
1st pts 59/72 31/38
%1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 19/36 20/27
%2nd pts 53% 74%

Shelton recorded 15 aces . Hijikata recorded 6 aces . Shelton won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Hijikata
Won 2 6
Converted 2/7 6/11
% Converted 29% 55%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1 2
% Saved 50% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Ben broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Shelton lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Rinky was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Shelton
R1
Bolt		 Total
Score 6-4 7-61 7-6
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 36 36
pts 118-105 118-105
Total points 223 223
Winners 59 59
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 15 15
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 72/108 72/108
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 59/72 59/72
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 19/36 19/36
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/7 2/7
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Hijikata
R1
Goffin		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 23 23
pts 83-45 83-45
Total points 128 128
Winners 31 31
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 38/65 38/65
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 31/38 31/38
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 20/27 20/27
% 2nd pts 74% 74%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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