Yasutaka Uchiyama and Lukas Lacko will square off in the final of the Mallorca Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:00 pm on PISTA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Lacko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Lacko is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Lacko -> 1.9
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Lukas Lacko
This will be the 3rd time that Yasutaka Uchiyama and Lukas Lacko face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Uchiyama and Lacko (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Uchiyama won 3-6 6-4 6-0 in the 3rd round in the Busan Challenger back in 2019.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Ranked no. 123, Yasutaka got to the final after beating Steven Diez 4-6 3-3 ret., Jan Zielinski 6-1 6-2, Ramkumar Ramanathan 4-6 6-4 7-65 and Michael Geerts 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the semifinal against Geerts, Uchiyama recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, Uchiyama scored 99 points vs Geerts’s 84. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Uchiyama fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (43/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Uchiyama broke Geerts 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yasutaka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Uchiyama has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (320-252). 7-10 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchiyama has a composed 229-165 record in the last years on hard.
Yasutaka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Mallorca Challenger.
Yasutaka has a composed 10-20 win-loss record in 2021, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Lukas Lacko
Ranked no. 197, Lacko reached the final after defeating Johannes Haerteis 6-2 6-3, Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-2 7-69, Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5 7-5 and Tobias Kamke 6-0 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Kamke (6-0 6-3). During the match Lacko scored 53 points vs Kamke’s 30. Lacko was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Lacko struck 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lukas Lacko was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 100% (10/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lukas broke Kamke 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lukas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Lukas’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper 2 Challenger and the Mallorca Challenger.
Lukas has an overall 12-19 win-loss record in 2021, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchiyama | Lacko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 93 | 77 |
| Pts | 304-268 | 273-215 |
| Total Points | 572 | 488 |
| Winners | 139 | 109 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Uchiyama and Lacko played 4 matches. At the moment, Yasutaka Uchiyama lost 3 sets while Lukas Lacko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Uchiyama has played 3 sets more than Lacko (11 vs 8). Therefore, Uchiyama played 16 games more than Lacko. The Japanese scored 139 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Lacko fired 109 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchiyama | Lacko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 185/290 | 146/231 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 139/185 | 109/146 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 60/105 | 50/85 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Uchiyama recorded 24 aces (6 per match). Lacko bagged 22 aces (5.5 per match). Uchiyama won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Lacko won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchiyama | Lacko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 58% | 52% |
| Conceded | 10 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 40% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Uchiyama broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Lacko broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Lukas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Uchiyama | ||||||
| R1 Diez |
R2 Zielinski |
1/4 Ramanathan |
1/2 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 3-3 ret. | 6-1 6-2 | 4-6 6-4 7-65 | 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 33 | 29 | 93 | |
| pts | 48-50 | 56-28 | 101-106 | 99-84 | 304-268 | |
| Total points | 98 | 84 | 207 | 183 | 572 | |
| Winners | 22 | 23 | 51 | 43 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 25/38 | 71/109 | 60/98 | 185/290 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 66% | 65% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 23/25 | 51/71 | 43/60 | 139/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 92% | 72% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 9/13 | 24/38 | 19/38 | 60/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/7 | 1/1 | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 100% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 67% | 40% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Lacko | ||||||
| R1 Haerteis |
R2 Kuzmanov |
1/4 Ferreira Silva |
1/2 Kamke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 7-69 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 77 | |
| pts | 60-46 | 74-67 | 86-72 | 53-30 | 273-215 | |
| Total points | 106 | 141 | 158 | 83 | 488 | |
| Winners | 19 | 34 | 37 | 19 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 46% | 43% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 47/67 | 47/79 | 24/34 | 146/231 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 70% | 59% | 71% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 34/47 | 37/47 | 19/24 | 109/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 72% | 79% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 11/20 | 16/32 | 10/10 | 50/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 55% | 50% | 100% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/7 | 3/10 | 5/7 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 57% | 30% | 71% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 80% | – | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
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