Yasutaka Uchiyama and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 1st round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yasutaka Uchiyama is the pick to win this match.
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.38
Mukund Sasikumar -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Mukund Sasikumar since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-11 | 13-7 | 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. 277, Uchiyama got to the 1st round after beating Young Seok Kim 6-1 6-0 and Dayne Kelly 7-66 1-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Kelly (7-66 1-6 6-3).During the match, Uchiyama scored less points (5) than Kelly. In fact, the world no. 277 won 85 points vs Kelly’s. That means that Uchiyama was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Uchiyama blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yasutaka broke Kelly once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yasutaka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Uchiyama has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (262-224). 7-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchiyama has a composed 189-143 record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, the Indian reached the 1st round after defeating Woobin Shin 6-3 6-4 and Edan Leshem 0-6 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications against Leshem, Kumar Mukund recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-64 6-4).During the match Kumar Mukund scored less points (10) than Leshem. In fact, the world no. 277 won 96 points vs Leshem’s. That means that Kumar Mukund was more focused during the important points. The Indian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (24/50) on the 2nd serve. Sasi broke Leshem twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kumar Mukund started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Sasi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Lucknow.
Kumar Mukund has a composed 11-11 win-loss record in 2023, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchiyama | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 48 |
| Pts | 139-112 | 162-154 |
| Total Points | 251 | 316 |
| Winners | 55 | 71 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Uchiyama and Kumar Mukund played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Yasutaka Uchiyama surrendered 1 set, while Mukund Sasikumar dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Uchiyama and Kumar Mukund have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Uchiyama played 6 games less than Kumar Mukund. Uchiyama scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Kumar Mukund blasted 71 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchiyama | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 66/123 | 100/168 |
| %1st in | 54% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 55/66 | 71/100 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 33/57 | 35/68 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 51% |
Uchiyama struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kumar Mukund bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Uchiyama won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchiyama | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 43% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 17 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 60% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Uchiyama broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Uchiyama | ||||
| Q1 Seok Kim |
Q3 Kelly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-66 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 29 | 42 | |
| pts | 54-22 | 85-90 | 139-112 | |
| Total points | 76 | 175 | 251 | |
| Winners | 21 | 34 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 43/88 | 66/123 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 49% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 34/43 | 55/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 79% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 25/45 | 33/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 1/7 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 14% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kumar Mukund | ||||
| Q1 Shin |
Q3 Leshem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 0-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 96-106 | 162-154 | |
| Total points | 114 | 202 | 316 | |
| Winners | 32 | 39 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 60/110 | 100/168 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 39/60 | 71/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 24/50 | 35/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/4 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 10/14 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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