Luciano Darderi and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 5. 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 Luciano Darderi who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.52
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 2^nd time that Luciano Darderi and Rinky Hijikata face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Darderi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Darderi won 6-3 7-6(6) 6-1 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in 2024.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 34, Luciano will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Winston Salem where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Kecmanovic in the 3^rd round on the 20^th of August.

Luciano has a composed 29-22 win-loss record in 2025, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Marrakech where he beat Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he beat Jesper De Jong in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and in Umag where he defeated Carlos Taberner in the final 6-3 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 209-138 record. He has a flat 26-26 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

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

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 96, Hijikata will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 7-6(4) 1-2 ret. to Cassone in the qualifications on the 20^th of July.

Rinky has an overall 17-23 win-loss record in 2025, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, Rinky has an overall 218-154 record. He has a positive 158-94 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Martin DammDamm – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6¹⁰ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Arthur CazauxCazaux (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-7⁵ 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Leandro RiediRiedi – Garrett JohnsJohns (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Arthur CazauxCazaux (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Martin DammDamm – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(10) 6-4) – See score progression
• Leandro RiediRiedi – Garrett JohnsJohns (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression

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• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo DellienDellien – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Nuno BorgesBorges – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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• Francisco ComesanaComesana – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Stefan DostanicDostanic – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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