PLAYER PROFILE

Rinky Hijikata

7
AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
81
ATP
RANKING
  • Age24
  • 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
  • Made his Olympic debut at Paris 2024

 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

Almost 30 Australians bound for Wimbledon
Alex de Minaur in action en route to the 2024 Wimbledon quarterfinals. [Getty Images]
10 June, 2025

Thirteen Aussies are confirmed for the main draw at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, with another 16 attempting to join them there via the qualifying event.
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Aussie trio look ahead after Roland Garros exits
Tristan Schoolkate at Roland Garros; Mark Peterson, Tennis Australia
26 May, 2025

There were no wins, but many valuable lessons, after Tristan Schoolkate, Rinky Hijikata and Destanee Aiava exited in the Roland Garros 2025 first round.
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Roland Garros: Aiava, Hijikata and Schoolkate launch 2025 campaigns
Destanee Aiava is preparing for her Roland Garros main-draw debut; Tennis Australia
25 May, 2025

Talented young Australians Destanee Aiava, Rinky Hijikata and Tristan Schoolkate target tantalising career firsts as Roland Garros 2025 begins.
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Draws set for Australian stars at Roland Garros 2025
Alex de Minaur (Getty Images)
23 May, 2025

The official draw has been released at Roland Garros, where Alex de Minaur leads a 15-strong Australian contingent across the men's and women's fields.
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