H2H. Kaichi Uchida vs Strong Kirchheimer | Columbus Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Columbus Challenger. Uchida and Kirchheimer will square off in 3rd round of the Columbus Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Kaichi Uchida and Strong Kirchheimer will face off in the 3rd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Strong Kirchheimer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Strong Kirchheimer is the pick to win this match.
Strong Kirchheimer -> 1.53
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Kaichi Uchida vs. Strong Kirchheimer

This will be the 2nd time that Kaichi Uchida and Strong Kirchheimer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Uchida (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Uchida won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in USA F20 (Rochester) back in 2017.

Kaichi Uchida

Ranked no. 326, Uchida got to the 1st round after defeating Evan Song 6-3 3-6 7-62 and Dudi Sela 7-5 1-0 ret..

In the 2nd round, Kaichi had a good straight sets win against Sela (7-5 1-0 ret.). During the match Uchida scored 48 points vs Sela’s 34. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Uchida blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 69% of his first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Uchida broke Sela 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Uchida has a losing record in the last 10 years having won only 25% of his matches (36-106). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Uchida has a 73-88 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

Uchida has a 3-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Columbus Challenger

Kaichi surrendered in the 1st round 6-4 6-4 to Vincent Millot.

Strong Kirchheimer

Ranked no. 490 (career high), Strong reached the 1st round after defeating Jose Hernandez-Fernandez 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Peter Polansky 4-6 6-1 7-65.

In the 2nd round against Polansky, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-65). During the match Kirchheimer scored 108 points vs Polansky’s 99. Kirchheimer was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Talking about serving, Kirchheimer blasted 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Strong Kirchheimer was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (55/77) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Strong broke Polansky twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Strong has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Kirchheimer has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (29-20). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirchheimer has a 25-21 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Strong’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cancun.

Strong has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Columbus Challenger

Strong didn’t play in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Uchida Kirchheimer
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 31 57
Pts 104-97 108-99
Total Points 201 207
Winners 46 55
%Winners 44% 51%

Uchida played 1 match while Kirchheimer competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Kaichi Uchida conceded 1 set, while Strong Kirchheimer dropper 2 sets. Uchida has played 3 sets less than Kirchheimer (3 vs 6). Therefore, Uchida played 26 games less than Kirchheimer. Uchida scored 46 winners (44% on total points). On the other side, Strong blasted 55 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Uchida Kirchheimer
Aces 10 16
Avg per match 10 8
1st in 70/95 77/114
%1st in 74% 68%
1st pts 46/70 55/77
%1st pts 66% 71%
2nd pts 14/25 19/37
%2nd pts 56% 51%

Uchida blasted 10 aces . Kirchheimer blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Uchida won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Uchida Kirchheimer
Won 5 2
Converted 5/11 2/6
% Converted 45% 33%
Conceded 8 6
Saved 3 5
% Saved 38% 83%
Times Broken 5 1

Kaichi broke his opponent 5 times with 45% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Strong broke his opponents twice with 33% conversion rate. Kirchheimer conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Uchida
R1
Song
R2
Sela
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 7-62 7-5 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 31 13 44
pts 104-97 48-34 152-131
Total points 201 82 283
Winners 46 21 67
%Winners 44% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 10 4 14
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 70/95 27/39 97/134
% 1st in 74% 69% 72%
1st pts 46/70 21/27 67/97
% 1st pts 66% 78% 69%
2nd pts 14/25 6/12 20/37
% 2nd pts 56% 50% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/11 3/4 8/15
Converted % 45% 75% 53%
Conceded 8 6 14
Saved 3/8 5/6 8
Saved % 38% 83% 61%
Times Broken 5 1 200
Kirchheimer
R1
Hernandez
R2
Polansky
Total
Score 4-6 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-65
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 27 30 57
pts 108-99 108-99
Total points 0 207 207
Winners 55 55
%Winners NAN% 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 0 16 16
Double Faults 5 5
1st in / 77/114 77/114
% 1st in NAN% 68% 68%
1st pts / 55/77 55/77
% 1st pts NAN% 71% 71%
2nd pts / 19/37 19/37
% 2nd pts NAN% 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted / 2/6 2/6
Converted % NAN% 33% 33%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 0/ 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 42%
Times Broken 1 -50

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Uchida
LWWLLWWLWL
Kirchheimer
LWLWLWWWLW
2024 2023 2022
40 - 29
24 - 31
16-21
Hard
14-18
8-2
I Hard
8-9
16-6
Clay
2-4

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