Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama will fight against each other in the quarter of the Rome Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.26
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 5th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Nishioka won 6-4 1-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Cleveland Challenger back in February 2022.
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. 99, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-1 and Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 6-3). During the match, Nishioka scored 65 points vs Galarneau’s 49. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nishioka blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Galarneau 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishioka hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Nishioka has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (337-204). 12-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has a composed 49-29 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Nishioka’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.
Yoshihito has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2022, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Nishioka 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. 269, the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Li Tu 6-3 6-3 and Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-64 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Uchiyama had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (7-64 6-2). During the match Uchiyama scored 71 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 53. Yasutaka was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Uchiyama fired 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was very efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Hsiou Hsu 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Yasutaka’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
Uchiyama has a composed 14-13 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 39 |
| Pts | 122-79 | 137-104 |
| Total Points | 201 | 241 |
| Winners | 44 | 41 |
| %Winners | 36% | 30% |
Both Nishioka and Uchiyama played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Uchiyama have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Nishioka played 5 games less than Uchiyama. Nishioka scored 44 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 41 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 53/108 |
| %1st in | 65% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 41/53 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 39/55 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 71% |
Nishioka fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Uchiyama recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Nishioka won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 6 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 61% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Nishioka broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Uchiyama broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishioka | ||||
| R1 Kypson | R2 Galarneau | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 65-49 | 122-79 | |
| Total points | 87 | 114 | 201 | |
| Winners | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 30/47 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 21/30 | 44/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 7/17 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 41% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/11 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 55% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Uchiyama | ||||
| R1 Tu | R2 Hsiou | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 71-53 | 137-104 | |
| Total points | 117 | 124 | 241 | |
| Winners | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/51 | 28/57 | 53/108 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 21/28 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 21/29 | 39/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 72% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/5 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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