Yasutaka Uchiyama and Yu Hsiou Hsu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.62
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 25-14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Yasutaka got to the 2nd round after beating Li Tu 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Uchiyama had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-3 6-3). During the match, Uchiyama scored 66 points vs Tu’s 51. Yasutaka was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Uchiyama fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Tu 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Uchiyama has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (302-238). 2-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Uchiyama has a composed 26-37 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Uchiyama’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
The Japanese has a compiled 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Uchiyama has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-25 | 38-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 307 (career-high), the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Borna Gojo 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hsiou had a good straight sets win against Gojo (6-4 6-4).During the match Hsiou scored less points (1) than Gojo. In fact, the world no. 269 won 77 points vs Gojo’s. That means that Hsiou was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsiou fired 3 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 50% of his first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (21/47) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Gojo twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Quinta Do Lago and M25 Dallas.
The Chinese has a composed 37-15 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 | Uchiyama | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 66-51 | 77-78 |
| Total Points | 117 | 155 |
| Winners | 20 | 36 |
| %Winners | 30% | 47% |
Both Uchiyama and Hsiou played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Uchiyama and Hsiou have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Uchiyama played 2 games less than Hsiou. The Japanese scored 20 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Hsiou recorded 36 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchiyama | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 25/51 | 47/94 |
| %1st in | 49% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 36/47 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 21/47 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 45% |
Uchiyama made 4 aces . Hsiou made 3 aces . Uchiyama won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchiyama | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 29% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Uchiyama broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Yasutaka quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Hsiou was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Uchiyama | |||
| R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 66-51 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/51 | 25/51 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hsiou | |||
| R1 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-78 | 77-78 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 47/94 | 47/94 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/47 | 21/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
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- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Patrick KypsonKypson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
