Yasutaka Uchiyama and Christopher Heyman will face off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yasutaka Uchiyama who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yasutaka Uchiyama is the pick to win this match.
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.63
Christopher Heyman -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Christopher Heyman
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Christopher Heyman since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Ranked no. 129, Yasutaka reached the 2nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Moriya (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Uchiyama scored 90 points vs Moriya’s 81. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Uchiyama scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 57% of his first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the 2nd serve. Yasutaka broke Moriya 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Uchiyama has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (321-253). 8-11 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Uchiyama has an overall 230-166 record in the last years on hard.
Uchiyama’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Mallorca Challenger.
The Japanese has an aggregate 11-21 win-loss record in 2021, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014. See his history.
Christopher Heyman
Ranked no. 400, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after beating Artem Dubrivnyy 6-3 6-2, Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-4 and Andrea Arnaboldi 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Arnaboldi, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Heyman scored 100 points vs Arnaboldi’s 92. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Heyman struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher Heyman lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Heyman put 68% of his first serves in, winning 60% (39/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Arnaboldi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Wetzlar.
Christopher has an overall 28-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchiyama | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 64 |
| Pts | 90-81 | 234-201 |
| Total Points | 171 | 435 |
| Winners | 32 | 95 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Uchiyama played 1 match while Heyman competed in 3 matches. Heyman started his run from the qualifications while Uchiyama had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yasutaka Uchiyama dropped 1 set, while Christopher Heyman conceded 1 set. Uchiyama has played 4 set(s) less than Heyman (3 vs 7). Therefore, Uchiyama played 37 games less than Heyman. Yasutaka scored 32 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher managed to score 95 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchiyama | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 138/222 |
| %1st in | 57% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 95/138 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 46/84 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 55% |
Uchiyama scored 4 aces . Heyman fired 6 aces (2 per match). Uchiyama won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Heyman won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchiyama | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 36% | 46% |
| Conceded | 7 | 17 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 57% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Yasutaka broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Uchiyama dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Uchiyama | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-81 | 90-81 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Heyman | |||||
| Q1 Dubrivnyy |
Q3 Blancaneaux |
R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 27 | 64 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 71-67 | 100-92 | 234-201 | |
| Total points | 105 | 138 | 192 | 435 | |
| Winners | 20 | 36 | 39 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 51% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 48/82 | 65/95 | 138/222 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 36/48 | 39/65 | 95/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 75% | 60% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 15/34 | 16/30 | 46/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 44% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 5/11 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 45% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 9/10 | 2/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 90% | 40% | 230% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Istanbul 2 Challenger
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna GojoGojo – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-1 6-74 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- James DuckworthDuckworth – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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