Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Holt will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Hangzhou Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.56
Brandon Holt -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 5th time that Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Holt fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Hijikata won 7-6(0) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Phoenix Challenger back in March 2025.
Rinky Hijikata
18 - 24win/loss
127
62
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-32 | 13-16 | 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. 111, Hijikata reached the qualifications after defeating Christopher Eubanks 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the qualifications against Eubanks, Rinky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match, Hijikata and Eubanks scored the same amount of points (95). However, the world no. 111 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Rinky was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (47/60) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rinky broke Eubanks once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Hijikata has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (219-155). 9-12 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed159-95 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Rinky’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.
Rinky has an aggregate 18-24 win-loss record in 2025, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hangzhou
Brandon Holt
40 - 23win/loss
113
99
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-30 | 32-18 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-31 | 37-24 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, Brandon reached the qualifications after defeating Ye Chen 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Chen (7-5 6-2). During the match Holt scored 78 points vs Chen’s 59. Holt was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Holt blasted 7 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Holt lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Chen 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he beat Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.
Holt has a composed 40-23 win-loss record in 2025, 30-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hangzhou
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 20 |
| Pts | 95-95 | 78-59 |
| Total Points | 190 | 137 |
| Winners | 47 | 29 |
| %Winners | 49% | 37% |
Both Hijikata and Holt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rinky Hijikata conceded 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set more than Holt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hijikata played 13 games more than Holt. The Australian scored 47 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Holt bagged 29 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7 |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 46/75 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 29/46 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 20/29 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 69% |
Hijikata managed to score 10 aces . Holt managed to score 7 aces . Hijikata won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 17% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Rinky lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Eubanks | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 95-95 | 95-95 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 60/93 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Holt | |||
| Q1 Chen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-59 | 78-59 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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