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Rinky Hijikata

Rinky Hijikata (リンキー・ヒジカタ, born 23 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion, winning the 2023 Australian Open in men's doubles alongside Jason Kubler.

Rinky Hijikata
Hijikata at the 2023 Cary Challenger II
Country (sports) Australia
Born (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 23)
Sydney, Australia[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUNC
Prize moneyUS $2,345,222
Singles
Career record27–36
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (26 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 76 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open4R (2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record33–30
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 23 (30 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 99 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2023)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2023, 2024)
US Open2R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
Medal record
Boys' Tennis
Representing a International Olympic Committee mixed-NOCs team
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Doubles
Last updated on: 2 November 2024.

He achieved a career high ATP rankings in singles of world No. 62 on 26 August 2024 and in doubles of No. 23 on 30 October 2023.

Early life

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Hijikata was born in Sydney, Australia to Japanese immigrant parents.[2] He began playing tennis at age three or four. He attended The King's School in Sydney from 2013 to 2016.[3][4] His father is a tennis coach. His favourite player growing up was Lleyton Hewitt and later, Kei Nishikori.[5]

College career

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Hijikata had a successful career at the University of North Carolina where he played college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's tennis from 2019 to 2021.[6]

Professional career

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2018–2021: Pro beginnings

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Hijikata in 2018

In March 2018, Hijikata made his ITF debut at the Australia F3 in Mornington, Australia. He won his first match the following week at the Australia F4.

In October 2018, Hijikata won silver at the Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' doubles, teaming with Bulgaria's Adrian Andreev.[7]

In January 2019, Hijikata was given a wildcard into the 2019 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. He lost in the first round to Hiroki Moriya. In March, Hijikata reached the quarter-final and semi-finals in the ITF events in Mornington, Australia. Later that year, in September, Hijikata won his first professional singles title at the M15 Fayetteville, in Arkansas, United States.[8]

Hijikata received wildcards into qualifying for the Australian Open in both 2020 and 2021, losing in the second round both times.

Hijikata won his second and third ITF titles in July 2021 and claimed a total of four ITF World Tennis Tour singles titles during 2021. He finished 2021 with a singles ranking of 369 as of 22 November 2021.

2022: ATP & Major debut, Maiden win & Challenger title, top 200

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In January 2022, Hijikata made his ATP tour debut at the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 after qualifying for the main draw. It was also Hijikata's first top 100 win, defeating world number 98 Henri Laaksonen in the final qualifying round.[9] He lost in the first round to eventual finalist, Maxime Cressy. He also played doubles with Christopher O'Connell.

Hijikata lost in the second round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.[10][11]

In April, Hijikata broke into the ATP top 300 after winning consecutive ITF tournaments in California in March 2022.[12]

In August, he qualified for the 2022 Los Cabos Open and reached the round of 16 recording his first ATP win after the retirement of the Mexican wildcard debutant Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez. He lost to top seed and World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev who recorded his 250th match win.[13] As a result he moved one position shy of the top 200 on 8 August 2022. He made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a wildcard.

He won his maiden Challenger title in Playford, Australia and moved 33 positions up into the top 160 at world No. 159 on 31 October 2022. He became the youngest Australian to win a Challenger title since 2018, when the-then 19-year-old Alexei Popyrin won in Jinan, China.[14]

2023: First Major singles win & doubles title, Masters & top 70 debuts, top 25 in doubles

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Hijikata was given a wildcard into the Australian Open, where he recorded his first Grand Slam win by defeating Yannick Hanfmann in a come-from-behind victory.[15] He lost in the second round to third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Pairing with Jason Kubler in the men's doubles event, they won the title after defeating three seeded teams en route; sixth seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliövaara in the second round, saved a match point in the third round against Tomislav Brkić and Gonzalo Escobar,[16][17] top seeds and world No. 1 doubles pair Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the quarterfinals,[18] and eighth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the semifinals.[19][20] They went on to defeat Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński in the final, becoming the second consecutive all-Australian champions at the event.[21][22]

At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he reached the semifinals in doubles partnering American Reese Stalder and defeating second seeded pair of Jamie Murray and Michael Venus in the quarterfinals.[23][24] He reached the final defeating Mexican duo Hans Hach Verdugo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela.

He made his Masters 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier, and defeated Mikael Ymer in the first round in straight sets. He lost in the second round to 30th seed Sebastián Báez.[25]

At the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships he entered the main draw as a lucky loser for his debut on grass and won his first match defeating wildcard Gijs Brouwer.[26] He then defeated Marc-Andrea Hüsler from a set down to reach his first ATP tour level quarterfinal.[27] Again from a set down, he beat Mackenzie McDonald to reach his first semifinal at ATP tour level.[28][29]

He reached the fourth round of the 2023 US Open having received a wildcard, defeating Pavel Kotov, Márton Fucsovics[30] and Zhang Zhizhen.[31][32] As a result he made his top 100 debut in the rankings at world No. 82 climbing 28 spots on 11 September 2023.[33][34] He qualified on his debut at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters and defeated Laslo Djere in the first round. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals partnering Cameron Norrie.[35][36] At the 2023 Japan Open Tennis Championships he won his second doubles title with compatriot Max Purcell. As a result he reached the top 25 in doubles on 23 October 2023.[37][38][39]

2024: First win on clay, ATP 500 debut & quarterfinal, top 65

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Hijikata started the year off with a quarterfinal appearance at the 2024 Brisbane International, defeating fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tomáš Macháč before being defeated by eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov.

At the 2024 Dallas Open, Hijikata made it to his fourth doubles final alongside William Blumberg, losing to Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.[40] He reached his third ATP quarterfinal at the 2024 Delray Beach Open a defeat over Liam Broady and an upset over sixth seed Matteo Arnaldi. At the 2024 Los Cabos Open he again upset the sixth seed, this time Miomir Kecmanović.[41] At the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships he recorded his first clay court win over fifth seed Christopher Eubanks.[42]

 
Hijikata at the 2024 Libéma Open

At the 2024 Libéma Open he lost to compatriot Alexei Popyrin. At the 2024 Queen's Club Championships, where he made his ATP 500 main draw debut as a qualifier, he defeated Frances Tiafoe by retirement and Matteo Arnaldi to reach his second grass court quarterfinal.[43]

In doubles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Hijikata partnered fellow Australian John Peers. The pair defeated Jamie Murray and Andy Murray in the first round, which was the latter's final appearance at Wimbledon.[44]

On his debut at the 2024 National Bank Open in Montreal he qualified for the main draw and recorded his first win at the tournament and only his second at a Masters level over qualifier Taro Daniel. As a result he reached the top 65 in the rankings on 12 August 2024[45] and No. 62 two weeks later, after advancing to his fourth ATP quarterfinal of the season at the 2024 Winston-Salem Open.[46]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Current through the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
French Open A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A NH A Q3 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A 1R 4R 2R 0 / 3 4–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–4 0 / 7 5–7
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A NH A A 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Miami Open A NH A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Canadian Open A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 0 / 5 3–5
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 3 11 17 31
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 11–11 10–17 22–31
Year-end ranking 742 685 375 164 73 42%

Doubles

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Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R W 2R 1 / 3 8–2
French Open A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 1–1 7–2 1–1 1 / 7 11–6
Year-end championship
ATP Finals DNQ RR 0 / 1 0–3
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Miami Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Cincinnati Masters A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Shanghai Masters NH SF 0 / 1 3–1
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 0–1 0 / 5 3–5
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 14 11 29
Titles 0 1 0 1
Finals 0 2 1 3
Overall win–loss 1–2 20–15 9–11 30–28
Year-end ranking 278 22 52%

Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard   Jason Kubler   Hugo Nys
  Jan Zieliński 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Tour finals

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Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (1–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (1–0)
ATP 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2023 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Jason Kubler   Hugo Nys
  Jan Zieliński 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–1 Feb 2023 Delray Beach Open, USA ATP 250 Hard   Reese Stalder   Marcelo Arévalo
  Jean-Julien Rojer 		3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 Japan Open, Japan ATP 500 Hard   Max Purcell   Jamie Murray
  Michael Venus 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Feb 2024 Dallas Open, United States ATP 250 Hard (i)   William Blumberg   Max Purcell
 Jordan Thompson 		4–6, 6–2, [8–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
ITF WTT (7–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–5)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 M15 Fayetteville, USA WTT Hard   Nick Chappell 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jul 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard   Valentin Vacherot 6–3, 6–1
Win 3–0 Jul 2021 M15 Edwardsville, USA WTT Hard   Strong Kirchheimer 6–3, 6–1
Win 4–0 Sep 2021 M25 Sierre, Switzerland WTT Clay   Oliver Crawford 7–6, 6–1
Loss 4–1 Oct 2021 M25 Setúbal, Portugal WTT Hard   Arthur Cazaux 5–7, 0–6
Win 5–1 Oct 2021 M25 Calabasas, USA WTT Hard   Tristan Boyer 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 5–2 Mar 2022 M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic WTT Hard   Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win 6–2 Mar 2022 M25 Bakersfield, USA WTT Hard   Keegan Smith 6–1, 7–5
Win 7–2 Mar 2022 M25 Calabasas, USA WTT Hard   Charles Broom 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–3 Aug 2022 M25 Columbus, USA WTT Hard   Murphy Cassone 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 City of Playford, Australia Challenger Hard   Rio Noguchi 6–1, 6–1
Win 2–0 Feb 2023 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard   James Duckworth 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Sep 2023 Cary II, USA Challenger Hard   Zachary Svajda 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 1–6
Win 3–1 Oct 2024 City of Playford, Australia (2) Challenger Hard   Yuta Shimizu 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–2 Oct 2024 Sydney, Australia Challenger Hard   Thanasi Kokkinakis 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF WTT (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard   Kody Pearson   Jacob Brumm
  August Holmgren 		5–7, 6–7
Win 1–1 Oct 2021 M25 Loulé, Portugal WTT Hard   Mick Veldheer   Gonçalo Falcão
  Tomás Lipovšek Puches 		6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 Feb 2022 M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic WTT Hard   Henry Patten   Hsu Yu-hsiou
  Wu Tung-lin 		2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3]
Win 1–0 Sep 2023 Cary II, USA Challenger Hard   Andrew Harris   William Blumberg
  Luis David Martínez 		6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–1 Mar 2024 Phoenix, USA Challenger Hard   Henry Patten   Sadio Doumbia
  Fabien Reboul 		3–6, 2–6

ITF Junior Circuit

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Singles: 4 (2–2)

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Legend (singles)
Category GA (0–0)
Category G1 (0–2)
Category G2 (1–0)
Category G3 (1–0)
Category G4 (0–0)
Category G5 (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Category Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2017 30th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup, Malaysia Category G3 Hard   Digvijay Pratap Singh 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2018 Oceania Closed Junior Championships, Fiji Category G2 Hard   Tristan Schoolkate 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Sep 2018 Les Internationaux de Tennis Junior Banque Nationale du Canada, Canada Category G1 Hard   Hugo Gaston 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 2018 2018 Seogwipo Asia/Oceania Closed Junior Championships, South Korea Category G1 Hard   Bu Yunchaokete 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

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Legend (doubles)
Category GA (0–1)
Category G1 (3–2)
Category G2 (1–0)
Category G3 (1–1)
Category G4 (1–0)
Category G5 (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Category Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2017 NZ ITF Summer Championships 2017, New Zealand Category G3 Hard   Kody Pearson   Thomas Bosancic
  Benard Bruno Nkomba 		3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2017 AS Open 2017, Slovenia Category G4 Clay   Dane Sweeny   Brian Bencic
  Nemanja Malesevic 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2–1 Sep 2017 3rd Torneo Internazionale Junior "Citta' Di Palermo", Italy Category G3 Clay   Dane Sweeny   Daniil Glinka
  Roberts Grinvalds 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jan 2018 AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, Australia Category G1 Hard   Taisei Ichikawa   Wojciech Marek
  Tseng Chun-hsin 		6–7(1–7), 4–6
Loss 2–3 Jun 2018 54th Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgium Category G1 Clay   Naoki Tajima   Pavel Shumeiko
  Henri Squire 		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 3–3 Jun 2018 26th Internat. Nürnberger Versicherungs-ITF-Junior Tournament, Germany Category G1 Clay   Yannik Steinegger   Filip Cristian Jianu
  Tao Mu 		6–3, 2–6, [10-7]
Win 4–3 Aug 2018 Oceania Closed Junior Championships, Fiji Category G2 Hard   Ken Cavrak   Cihan Akay
  Nikita Volonski 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Oct 2018 Youth Olympic Games, Argentina Category GA Clay   Adrian Andreev   Sebastián Báez
  Facundo Díaz Acosta 		4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Nov 2018 2018 Seogwipo Asia/Oceania Closed Junior Championships, South Korea Category G1 Hard   Chen Dong   Stefan Storch
  Dane Sweeny 		6–3, 6–4
Win 6–4 Jan 2019 J1 Traralgon, Australia Category J1 Hard   Otto Virtanen   Jiří Lehečka
  Wojciech Marek 		6–0, 6–3

Awards

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In 2018 and 2019, Hijikata won the Newcombe Medal for Male Junior Athlete of the Year.[47]

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