Kaichi Uchida and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the quarter of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.53
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Kaichi Uchida vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Kaichi Uchida and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Kaichi Uchida

Ranked no. 172, Kaichi got to the quarter after defeating Seong Chan Hong 3-6 7-5 6-3 and Yunseong Chung 7-6⁴ 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Kaichi had a good straight sets win against Chung (7-6⁴ 6-3). During the match, Uchida scored 72 points vs Chung’s 59. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Uchida managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kaichi Uchida was quite effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Chung 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has dropped 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Uchida has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (326-301). 19-20 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchida has an aggregate 186-178 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Kaichi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.

The Japanese has an aggregate 30-30 win-loss record in 2022, 19-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 227, the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-4 6-4 and Tatsuma Ito 5-7 6-0 2-1 ret.

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In the 2^nd round against Ito, Watanuki had a free pass after Ito retired on a 5-7 6-0 2-1 . scoreline.

Yousuke’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 4 Challenger.

Watanuki has an aggregate 28-20 win-loss record in 2022, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Uchida	Watanuki
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	52	41
Pts	163-153	138-109
Total Points	316	247
Winners	75	46
%Winners	46%	33%

Both Uchida and Watanuki played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Kaichi Uchida surrendered 1 set, while Yosuke Watanuki conceded 1 set. Uchida has played 1 set(s) less than Watanuki (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Uchida played 11 games more than Watanuki. Kaichi scored 75 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke fired 46 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Uchida	Watanuki
Aces	12	17
Avg per match	6	8.5
1st in	100/155	53/99
%1st in	65%	54%
1st pts	75/100	46/53
%1st pts	75%	87%
2nd pts	26/55	26/46
%2nd pts	47%	57%

Uchida blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Watanuki scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Uchida won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Uchida	Watanuki
Won	7	8
Converted	7/18	8/18
% Converted	39%	44%
Conceded	9	3
Saved	5	0
% Saved	56%	0%
Times Broken	4	3

Kaichi broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Uchida dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Uchida
	R1 Chan Hong	R2 Chung	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-3	7-64 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	30	22	52
pts	91-94	72-59	163-153
Total points	185	131	316
Winners	45	30	75
%Winners	49%	42%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	12
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	63/97	37/58	100/155
% 1st in	65%	64%	65%
1st pts	45/63	30/37	75/100
% 1st pts	71%	81%	75%
2nd pts	14/34	12/21	26/55
% 2nd pts	41%	57%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/11	3/7	7/18
Converted %	36%	43%	39%
Conceded	6	3	9
Saved	3/6	2/3	5
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Watanuki
	R1 Nakagawa	R2 Ito	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	5-7 6-0 2-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	21	41
pts	69-55	69-54	138-109
Total points	124	123	247
Winners	24	22	46
%Winners	35%	32%	33%
SERVE
Aces	10	7	17
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	26/51	27/48	53/99
% 1st in	51%	56%	54%
1st pts	24/26	22/27	46/53
% 1st pts	92%	81%	87%
2nd pts	14/25	12/21	26/46
% 2nd pts	56%	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/11	5/7	8/18
Converted %	27%	71%	44%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	0/1	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	2	3

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