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.
As 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
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- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
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- Zhe LiLi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-67 7-63) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
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- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – James WardWard (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Peter PolanskyPolansky (4-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
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- Denis IstominIstomin – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Emilio GomezGomez – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-2) – See H2H details
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-1) – See H2H details
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Zhe LiLi (0-0) – See H2H details
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (1-0) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-3) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – See H2H details
