Kaichi Uchida and Alexis Galarneau will face off in the 2nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA LA AFICION. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.56
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Kaichi Uchida vs. Alexis Galarneau
This will be the 2nd time that Kaichi Uchida and Alexis Galarneau clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Galarneau (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Galarneau won 6-0 1-6 6-0 in the qualifications in the Lexington Challenger back in July 2021.
Kaichi Uchida
Ranked no. 329, Kaichi got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Sarkissian 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Uchida had a good straight sets win against Sarkissian (6-3 6-4). During the match, Uchida scored 63 points vs Sarkissian’s 44. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Uchida blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 59% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Sarkissian 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Uchida has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (295-275). 21-12 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Uchida has a composed 164-163 match record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Vale do Lobo and M25 Loule.
The Japanese has an overall 29-23 win-loss record in 2021, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexis Galarneau
Ranked no. 379, Alexis reached the 2nd round after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 7-5 6-74 7-5.
In the 1st round, Galarneau defeated Escobedo (7-5 6-74 7-5). During the match Galarneau scored 123 points vs Escobedo’s 113. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Galarneau bagged 4 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (50/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (19/46) on the 2nd serve. Galarneau broke Escobedo 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Galarneau has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2021, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchida | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 37 |
| Pts | 63-44 | 123-113 |
| Total Points | 107 | 236 |
| Winners | 29 | 50 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Uchida and Galarneau played 1 match. At the moment, Alexis Galarneau lost 1 set while Kaichi Uchida hasn’t dropped a set so far. Uchida has played 1 set(s) less than Galarneau (2 vs 3). Therefore, Uchida played 18 games less than Galarneau. Kaichi scored 29 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Galarneau struck 50 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchida | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 65/111 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 29/33 | 50/65 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 19/46 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 41% |
Uchida managed to score 2 aces . Galarneau recorded 4 aces . Uchida won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchida | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kaichi dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Alexis broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Galarneau conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Uchida | |||
| R1 Sarkissian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 63-44 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/33 | 29/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-74 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 | |
| pts | 123-113 | 123-113 | |
| Total points | 236 | 236 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 65/111 | 65/111 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 50/65 | 50/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger
- Govind NandaNanda – Jc AragoneAragone (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Nick ChappellChappell (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (6-72 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alex RybakovRybakov (5-7 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-5 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Alexander SarkissianSarkissian (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Donald YoungYoung – Milledge CossuCossu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (6-7(2) 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alex RybakovRybakov (5-7 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Nick ChappellChappell (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Christian LangmoLangmo (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Govind NandaNanda – Jc AragoneAragone (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Donald YoungYoung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tung-Lin WuWu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Govind NandaNanda – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano – Tatsuma ItoIto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
