Yasutaka Uchiyama and Ji Hoon Son will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yasutaka Uchiyama is the pick to win this match.
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.104
Ji Hoon Son -> 5.95
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Ji Hoon Son
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Ji Hoon Son 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 | 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 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Yasutaka reached the qualifications after defeating Young Seok Kim 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Uchiyama had a good straight sets win against Seok Kim (6-3 6-1). During the match, Uchiyama scored 58 points vs Seok Kim’s 36. Yasutaka was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Uchiyama bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was very effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yasutaka broke Seok Kim 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Uchiyama has good match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (266-225). 11-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchiyama has a composed 193-144 record in the last years on hard.
Uchiyama’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger.
Yasutaka has a compiled 11-9 win-loss record in 2023, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Ji Hoon Son
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-15 | 17-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 29-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Korean got to the qualifications after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 0-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Korean defeated Gerasimov (6-4 0-6 6-1). During the match Hoon Son scored 68 points vs Gerasimov’s 67. The Korean was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Hoon Son struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ji Hoon Son lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hoon Son put 62% of his first serves in, winning 56% (23/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Hoon Son broke Gerasimov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Ji has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchiyama | Hoon Son |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
| Pts | 58-36 | 68-67 |
| Total Points | 94 | 135 |
| Winners | 24 | 23 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Uchiyama and Hoon Son played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ji Hoon Son surrendered 1 set while Yasutaka Uchiyama hasn’t dropped a set so far. Uchiyama has played 1 set(s) less than Hoon Son (2 vs 3). Therefore, Uchiyama played 7 games less than Hoon Son. Yasutaka scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ji bagged 23 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchiyama | Hoon Son |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 41/66 |
| %1st in | 79% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 23/41 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Uchiyama bagged 2 aces . Hoon Son recorded 3 aces . Uchiyama won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Hoon Son won 56% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchiyama | Hoon Son |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Uchiyama broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Korean broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Uchiyama | |||
| Q1 Seok Kim |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 58-36 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hoon Son | |||
| Q1 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 68-67 | 68-67 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 41/66 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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