Mitchell Krueger #146 def. Rinky Hijikata #72

6-4 6-4 6-3

Mitchell Krueger defeated Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-4 6-3 in the 2025 Australian Open first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 14, 2025*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2025
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128
Duration: 2h 11m

Match Statistics

Stat	Mitchell Krueger	Rinky Hijikata
Aces	6	8
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	78	55
First serve points won %	68	65
Second serve points won %	65	39
Break points saved %	63	53
Break points converted %	47	38
Service points won %	67	53
Return points won %	47	33
Total points won %	55	45
Serve rating	294	212
Return rating	189	126

Player Comparison

Field	Mitchell Krueger	Rinky Hijikata
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 12, 1994	Feb 23, 2001
Age	31	23
Height	188 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	146	72
Ranking points (entering)	396	759
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,719
Current career W-L	11–25	50–71
Current career earnings	$1,961,805	$4,373,751

Pre-match H2H

Mitchell Krueger #146 0 – 0 Rinky Hijikata #72

Path

Mitchell Krueger's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yasutaka Uchiyama #149	6-3 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 13, 2025	Q3
Duje Ajdukovic #138	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 13, 2025	Q2
Filip Cristian Jianu #218	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 2025	Q1

Mitchell Krueger's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Corentin Moutet #69	6-4 4-6 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2025	R64

Rinky Hijikata's path

No prior matches in this tournament.