Rinky Hijikata and James Kent Trotter will face off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 4. 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.

As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.48
James Kent Trotter -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. James Kent Trotter

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 112, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Napolitano (6-3 6-2). During the match, Hijikata scored 65 points vs Napolitano’s 46. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hijikata fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rinky Hijikata conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Napolitano 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Hijikata has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (222-156). 12-13 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a composed162-96 record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Rinky has an overall 21-25 win-loss record in 2025, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 212, James reached the qualifications after beating Tristan Boyer 5-7 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications against Boyer, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match Kent scored 97 points vs Boyer’s 86. Kent was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Kent blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (38/49) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. James broke Boyer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

The Japanese has an overall 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

James has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Kent
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	30
Pts	65-46	97-86
Total Points	111	183
Winners	27	38
%Winners	42%	39%

Both Hijikata and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James Kent Trotter conceded 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 13 games less than Kent. The Australian scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, James blasted 38 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Kent
Aces	2	7
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	39/68	49/87
%1st in	57%	56%
1st pts	27/39	38/49
%1st pts	69%	78%
2nd pts	19/29	20/38
%2nd pts	66%	53%

Hijikata managed to score 2 aces . Kent blasted 7 aces . Hijikata won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Kent
Won	3	4
Converted	3/6	4/11
% Converted	50%	36%
Conceded	6	3
Saved	6	1
% Saved	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	2

The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rinky extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Kent broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	Q1 Napolitano	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	65-46	65-46
Total points	111	111
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	39/68	39/68
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	27/39	27/39
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	19/29	19/29
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kent
	Q1 Boyer	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	97-86	97-86
Total points	183	183
Winners	38	38
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	49/87	49/87
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	38/49	38/49
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	20/38	20/38
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

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