PLAYER PROFILE
Rinky Hijikata
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AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
RANKING
75
ATP
RANKING
RANKING
- Age23
- Born23 February 2001
- Birth PlaceSydney, New South Wales
- LivesWilloughby, New South Wales
- PlaysRight-handed
- CoachJarrad Bunt
“"I said at the French (Open) that I felt like I was in for a big result and I just had to kind of keep plugging away at it."”
— Rinky Hijikata, 20 Jun 2024
» Hijikata hits new heights at Queen’s Club
On court
- Selected to represent Australia at the Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament in Paris, 2013
- Represented Australia at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal in doubles with Adrian Andreev
- Competed at all four junior Grand Slam events in 2018, making the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the doubles semifinals at Wimbledon
- Cracked the ITF world junior top 15 in November 2018
- Named Junior Male Athlete of the Year at the 2018 Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards
- Favourite surface is Plexicushion
- Trains at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Homebush, NSW
- Hero is Japan’s Kei Nishikori
- Goal is to hopefully win a Grand Slam title and represent Australia in Davis Cup
- Named as orange boy for the 2021 Davis Cup Finals
- Won first ATP Challenger title at Playford in October 2022
- Won the Australian Open 2023 men’s doubles title with Jason Kubler as wildcards. Hijikata was ranked No.277 at the time and contesting only his third tour-level doubles tournament
- Made the fourth round in singles at US Open 2023 as a wildcard
- Broke into the world’s top 100 in singles for the first time in September 2023.
Off court
- Enjoys tennis because “you can travel the world and meet new friends”
- Five words that sum up Hijikata: cheeky, smart, funny, tough and focused
- Favourite city is New York because “there are heaps of fun things to do and fun places to visit”
- Favourite food is fish and Japanese
- If not a tennis player he would be a baseball player or a doctor
Year-end ranking history
2023 | 71 |
2022 | 166 |
2021 | 369 |
2020 | 677 |
2019 | 746 |
2018 | 1745 |
Titles/Finals
Titles
2019 Fayetteville ITF
Rinky Hijikata in the news
Nine Australian players to contest doubles at Wimbledon 2024
29 June, 2024
World No.1 Matt Ebden is among the nine Aussies competing in the Wimbledon 2024 men’s and women’s doubles competitions.
Read moreWorld No.1 Matt Ebden is among the nine Aussies competing in the Wimbledon 2024 men’s and women’s doubles competitions.
Australian hopes handed brutal singles draws at Wimbledon 2024
28 June, 2024
The 14 Australian players contesting singles at Wimbledon 2024 have discovered their first-round opponents.
Read moreThe 14 Australian players contesting singles at Wimbledon 2024 have discovered their first-round opponents.
De Minaur: ‘It’s a dream come true’ to make Olympic debut
26 June, 2024
Alex de Minaur will spearhead Australia's Olympic tennis team in Paris next month, a team also comprising Ajla Tomljanovic, Alexei Popyrin, Chris O'Connell…
Read moreAlex de Minaur will spearhead Australia's Olympic tennis team in Paris next month, a team also comprising Ajla Tomljanovic, Alexei Popyrin, Chris O'Connell…
Walton scores first tour-level win in Mallorca
26 June, 2024
Adam Walton has won his first match in the main draw of an ATP event, reaching the second round of the grass-court tournament in Mallorca.
Read moreAdam Walton has won his first match in the main draw of an ATP event, reaching the second round of the grass-court tournament in Mallorca.