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Rinky Hijikata
	Hijikata in 2018
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	23 February 2001 (age 23); Sydney, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 260 (4 April 2022)
Current ranking	No. 260 (4 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2020, 2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 340 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 340 (7 March 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
	Last updated on: 4 April 2022.

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Rinky Hijikata (born 23 February 2001) is an Australian tennis player. Hijikata has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 260 achieved on 4 April 2022.

Hijikata made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1, after qualifying for the main draw. He also played doubles with Christopher O'Connell.

Personal life

Hijikata began playing tennis at age three or four. His dad is a tennis coach. His favourite player growing up was Lleyton Hewitt and later, Kei Nishikori.^[2]

Career

2018–2020: Career Beginnings

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.^[3]

In January 2019, Hijikata was given a wildcard into the 2019 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. He lost in the first round. In March 2019, Hijikata reached the quarter-final and semi-finals in the ITF events in Mornington, Australia.

In September 2019, Hijikata won his first professional singles title at the M15 Fayetteville, in Arizona, United States.^[4]

In January 2020, Hijikata was given a wildcard into the 2020 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, where he made the second round.

In February 2021, Hijikata was given a wildcard into the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, where he made the second round.

Hijikata won his second and third ITF titles in July 2021 and claimed a total of four ITF Futures singles titles during 2021.

Hijikata finished 2021 with a singles ranking of 369 as of 22 November 2021.

2022: ATP debut and first top 100 win

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.^[5] He lost in the first round to eventual finalist, Maxime Cressy.

Hijikata lost in the second round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.^[6]^[7]

In April 2022, Hijikata broke into the ATP top 300 after winning consecutive ITF tournaments in California in March 2022.^[8]

Awards

In 2018 and 2019, Hijikata won the Newcombe Medal for Male Junior Athlete of the Year.^[9]

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (7–2)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (7–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	September 2019	Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA	M15	Hard	Nick Chappell	2-6, 6–2, 6-1
Win	2–0	July 2021	Monastir, Tunisia	M15	Hard	Valentin Vacherot	6-3, 6-1
Win	3–0	July 2021	Edwardsville, Illinois, USA	M15	Hard	Strong Kirchheimer	6-3, 6-1
Win	4–0	September 2021	Sierre, Switzerland	M25	Clay	Oliver Crawford	7-6, 6-1
Loss	4–1	October 2021	Setúbal, Portugal	M25	Hard	Arthur Cazaux	5-7, 0-6
Win	5–1	October 2021	Calabasas, California, USA	M25	Hard	Tristan Boyer	3-6, 7–6, 6-2
Loss	5–2	February 2022	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	M25	Hard	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	6-3, 2-6 2–6
Win	6–2	March 2022	Bakersfield, United States	M25	Hard	Keegan Smith	6–1, 7–5
Win	7–2	March 2022	Calabasas, United States	M25	Hard	Charles Broom	7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	July 2021	Monastir, Tunisia	M15	Hard	Kody Pearson	Jacob Brumm August Holmgren	5-7 6-7
Win	1–1	October 2021	Loulé, Portugal	M25	Hard	Mick Veldheer	Gonçalo Falcão Tomás Lipovšek Puches	6-2, 6–3
Win	2–1	February 2022	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	M25	Hard	Henry Patten	Hsu Yu-hsiou Wu Tung-lin	2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3]

References

^ "Rinky Hijikata Bio at ATP". ATP. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "GETTING TO KNOW: RINKY HIJIKATA". Tennis Australia. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "HIJIKATA WINS SILVER AT YOUTH OLYMPIC". Tennis Australia. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "AUSTRALIAN TEEN CELEBRATES FIRST TITLE". ITF. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "HIJIKATA SCORES FIRST TOP-100 WIN TO QUALIFY AT MELBOURNE SUMMER SET". Tennis Australia. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Fourteen Aussie Men to Contest Australian Open 2022 Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Eight Aussies Ready to Continue Australian Open 2022 Qualifying Quests". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "RANKING MOVERS: SAVILLE, KOKKINAKIS AND KYRGIOS CONTINUE RESURGENCES". Tennis Australia. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "Honour Roll". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

External links

Rinky Hijikata at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Rinky Hijikata at the International Tennis Federation

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[ATPbio-1] "Rinky Hijikata Bio at ATP". ATP. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[2] "GETTING TO KNOW: RINKY HIJIKATA". Tennis Australia. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[3] "HIJIKATA WINS SILVER AT YOUTH OLYMPIC". Tennis Australia. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[4] "AUSTRALIAN TEEN CELEBRATES FIRST TITLE". ITF. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[5] "HIJIKATA SCORES FIRST TOP-100 WIN TO QUALIFY AT MELBOURNE SUMMER SET". Tennis Australia. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[AO2022men-6] "Fourteen Aussie Men to Contest Australian Open 2022 Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[AO2022Q2-7] "Eight Aussies Ready to Continue Australian Open 2022 Qualifying Quests". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[8] "RANKING MOVERS: SAVILLE, KOKKINAKIS AND KYRGIOS CONTINUE RESURGENCES". Tennis Australia. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[9] "Honour Roll". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

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