Rinky Hijikata and Murphy Cassone will play each other in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.51
Murphy Cassone -> 2.42
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Murphy Cassone
This will be the 2nd time that Rinky Hijikata and Murphy Cassone fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cassone (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Cassone won 6-3 6-0 in the final in M25 Columbus back in 2022.
Rinky Hijikata
17 - 23win/loss
114
62
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 20-17 | 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. 80, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Adhithya Ganesan 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Ganesan (6-3 7-5). During the match, Hijikata scored 68 points vs Ganesan’s 52. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 57% of his first serves in, winning 57% (20/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Ganesan 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Hijikata has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (218-153). 8-10 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has a composed158-93 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Rinky’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.
Hijikata has a compiled 17-22 win-loss record in 2025, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Murphy Cassone
28 - 18win/loss
216
172
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-31 | 17-14 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-18 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 191, Murphy got to the qualifications after defeating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Murphy had a good straight sets win against Kwiatkowski (6-2 6-4). During the match Cassone scored 73 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 48. Cassone was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Cassone managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Murphy Cassone was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (31/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cassone broke Kwiatkowski 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.
Murphy has an overall 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
| Pts | 68-52 | 73-48 |
| Total Points | 120 | 121 |
| Winners | 20 | 31 |
| %Winners | 29% | 42% |
Both Hijikata and Cassone played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hijikata and Cassone have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hijikata played 3 games more than Cassone. Hijikata scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Murphy struck 31 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 34/43 |
| %1st in | 57% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 20/35 | 31/34 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 6/9 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 67% |
Hijikata recorded 1 ace . Cassone also made 6 aces . Hijikata won 57% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Cassone won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Cassone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 20% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Hijikata conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Cassone broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Murphy was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Ganesan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 68-52 | 68-52 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 35/61 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cassone | |||
| Q1 Kwiatkowski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-48 | 73-48 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 31/34 | 31/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marcos GironGiron (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Karue SellSell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – (0-1) – H2H and prediction