Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.23
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 4th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Nishioka won 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the quarter in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2018.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Nishioka got to the 2nd round after defeating Denis Istomin 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Istomin (6-1 6-1). During the match, Nishioka scored 55 points vs Istomin’s 30. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishioka was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Yoshihito Nishioka was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (4/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Istomin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nishioka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (317-191). 6-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishioka has a composed 43-27 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Yoshihito’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger.
Yoshihito has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 6-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-29 | 19-22 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-25 | 26-18 | 1-1 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-21 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-26 | 9-13 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Uchiyama had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-4 6-3). During the match Uchiyama scored 67 points vs Fanselow’s 55. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Uchiyama made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yasutaka Uchiyama conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 68% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Uchiyama broke Fanselow 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Japanese has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 |
| Pts | 55-30 | 67-55 |
| Total Points | 85 | 122 |
| Winners | 24 | 31 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Nishioka and Uchiyama played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Uchiyama have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishioka played 5 games less than Uchiyama. Yoshihito scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Uchiyama bagged 31 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 29/36 | 38/56 |
| %1st in | 81% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 31/38 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 7/18 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 39% |
Nishioka didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Uchiyama struck 8 aces . Nishioka won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Yoshihito broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Japanese had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Uchiyama broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yasutaka was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Istomin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 55-30 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Uchiyama | |||
| R1 Fanselow | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 67-55 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
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- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-76 7-5 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- William BlumbergBlumberg – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction