PLAYER PROFILE

Rinky Hijikata

“I’m feeling pretty good now. Last week was better for me, having back-to-back wins for the first time in a while. I will keep building on that.”

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

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

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