Rinky Hijikata and Ugo Blanchet will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Almaty Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.615
Ugo Blanchet -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Ugo Blanchet
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Ugo Blanchet since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
23 - 27win/loss
127
62
| 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 |
Ranked no. 114, Hijikata got to the qualifications after beating Jakub Paul 7-6(2) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Rinky had a good straight sets win against Paul (7-62 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 73 points vs Paul’s 62. Hijikata was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Rinky Hijikata was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Paul twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Hijikata has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (224-158). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hijikata has an overall14-11 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 23-27 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ugo Blanchet
29 - 24win/loss
142
139
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-28 | 13-10 | 7-10 | 8-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-28 | 4-10 | 14-12 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-21 | 35-12 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, Ugo reached the qualifications after beating Ilia Simakin 6-3 6-7(8) 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, The French player defeated Simakin (6-3 6-78 7-65). During the match Blanchet scored 124 points vs Simakin’s 116. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.
About the serving games, Blanchet blasted 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ugo Blanchet was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (56/74) of his 1st serve and 58% (30/52) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ugo broke Simakin once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(5).
The French player has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 35 |
| Pts | 73-62 | 124-116 |
| Total Points | 135 | 240 |
| Winners | 32 | 56 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Hijikata and Blanchet played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ugo Blanchet lost 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Blanchet (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 13 games less than Blanchet. Rinky scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ugo blasted 56 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 42/73 | 74/126 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 56/74 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 30/52 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Hijikata fired 5 aces . Blanchet fired 13 aces . Hijikata won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Blanchet won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 1/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 14% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Rinky lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Ugo broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Ugo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Paul | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 73-62 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/73 | 42/73 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blanchet | |||
| Q1 Simakin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-78 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 124-116 | 124-116 | |
| Total points | 240 | 240 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 74/126 | 74/126 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 56/74 | 56/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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