Prediction Of Paul Vs Hijikata H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Adelaide International 2025?

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Paul and Hijikata are on the Day 4 Schedule at Adelaide International 2025 on Thursday 9 January 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In the first meeting between Tommy Paul from the USA and Rinky Hijikata from Australia, we have some interesting facts about both players.

Tommy Paul, currently 27 years old, achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 12 in October 2023. He became the first American man since Roddick in 2009 to reach the Australian Open semifinals earlier that year. With a career record of 177-125, Tommy has won four titles and has a record of 7-13 against players in the top 5. His biggest win came against the No. 1 player, Alcaraz, when he reached his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinals at the 2023 Toronto. He defeated junior rivals Fritz and Tiafoe on his way to his first ATP Tour final and title in Stockholm in 2021. Tommy also captured his second ATP Tour title in Dallas in 2024 and reached ATP Masters 1000 semifinals in Indian Wells and Rome that same year, defeating defending champion Medvedev in Rome. He has had notable upsets at ATP Masters 1000 events, defeating Nadal, A. Zverev, and Alcaraz. In his junior career, Tommy won the 2015 Roland Garros boys’ singles title and reached the Roland Garros boys’ doubles final with Blumberg. He also reached the US Open boys’ singles final in 2015. Tommy is currently seeking his 15th tour-level semifinal and hoping to break into the Top 10 in the ATP Rankings.

On the other hand, Rinky Hijikata, 23 years old, reached a career-high ranking of No. 62 in August 2024. He broke into the Top 100 after reaching the fourth round of the 2023 US Open as a wild card. Rinky achieved his first ATP Tour semifinal at the 2023 ‘s-Hertogenbosch as a lucky loser, rallying from a set down in three consecutive matches. In the 2023 Australian Open, he won the doubles title with Kubler, defeating top seeds Koolhof/Skupski. Rinky also rallied from being two sets down to claim his first Grand Slam main draw singles win against Hanfmann. He has won two Challenger singles titles on home soil and played college tennis at the University of North Carolina, where he earned All-American honors as a sophomore before turning pro. Rinky is currently seeking the biggest win of his career, as he has a 0-13 record against top 20 players. He hopes to reach his second ATP Tour semifinal, this time in his home country. If both Rinky and Kokkinakis win, it would be the first time two Australian players have reached the semifinals of the same ATP Tour event on home soil since de Minaur and Kyrgios in 2018 at Brisbane.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Paul will win.
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