Rinky Hijikata vs Roman Safiullin | Roman Safiullin Wins 7-5 6-3

Shanghai MastersR128HardWed 7 Oct · ~16:15Final1h 18m

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Roman Safiullin defeated Rinky Hijikata in the Round of 128 at the Shanghai Masters. The match ended with a score of 7-5, 6-3 in favor of Safiullin. He converted 50% of his break points and won 3 service breaks to Hijikata's 1.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

Match story: Roman Safiullin closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Safiullin R. took it in straight sets, with three breaks of serve.

Breaks of serveSafiullin R. 3 · Hijikata R. 1
1st-serve points wonSafiullin R. 79% · Hijikata R. 70%
AcesSafiullin R. 6 · Hijikata R. 5

Turning points

When the match moved

Set 14–5Break backHijikata R. · Broke back
Set 15–7SetSafiullin R. · Broke to take the set
Set 23–5BreakSafiullin R. · Broke, never broken back

Serve flowHijikata R. broken 3 times · Safiullin R. broken once.

Hold to love/15
Hold to 30
Hold to 40 / deuce
Broken
Result unknown

Hijikata R.

7/10Safiullin R.

10/11

Set 1Set 2

Match momentum

Whole matchHijikata R.Safiullin R.

Late momentumSafiullin R.45

2Last 12 points10

6Last 3 games9

1/2Break points3/6

Break of serve

Match statistics

Hijikata R.Safiullin R.

Serve

5Aces6
3Double faults1
70%1st serve points won79%
70% · 7/10Service games held91% · 10/11

Return

50%Break points won50%
1Breaks of serve3

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps

First-serve pointsSafiullin R. won 79% of points behind the first serve, Hijikata R. 70%. Largest performance gap of the match.+9 ptsHijikata R.1st-serve pts won70%Safiullin R.1st-serve pts won79%

Common opponents

2 shared · last 12 months

Hijikata R. and Safiullin R. faced 2 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Hijikata R. went 1–1 (50%) against them, Safiullin R. 2–1 (67%).

1–150%Hijikata R. · better vs 0Record vs common opponents2–167%Safiullin R. · better vs 1

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

1–2Sets6–4

12–15Games52–48

0–0Tiebreaks1–1

0–0Deciding sets1–1

Only 2 common opponents — too few for any conclusion. Shown without assessment.

vs Rublev A.#23L3-6 3-6Hangzhou · hardL2-6 6-3 4-6Beijing · hard
vs Gentzsch T.#164W6-3Stuttgart · grassW6-3 6-4Roland Garros · clay

Head-to-head

1 meeting · Safiullin R. leads 1–0

Safiullin R.October 2026Shanghai MastersThis matchHard5-7 3-6

Draw

Closing odds

Next up

vs Cerundolo F.View match

Player context

Before the match

Hijikata R.Safiullin R.1 891ELO1 9931 769Hard ELO1 8065–5Last 106–425Age29178 cmHeight185 cmRightPlaysRightCareer $4.4M2026 $815KEarningsCareer $4.7M2026 $606K

Match info

Started~16:15 local
Duration1h 18m

Cite this

Roman Safiullin beat Rinky Hijikata 5-7 3-6. Umpiry, "Rinky Hijikata vs Roman Safiullin — Shanghai Masters Round of 128", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-07/hijikata-vs-safiullin-shanghai-masters-r128?utm_source=cite (as of 7 October 2026).