Max Purcell and Yasutaka Uchiyama will play each other in the quarter of the Busan Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:15 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.21
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Yasutaka Uchiyama play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Uchiyama (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Uchiyama won 6-1 7-6(5) in the 1st round in the Chennai Challenger back in 2018.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-17 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 87, Max reached the quarter after defeating Yuki Mochizuki 6-3 6-3 and Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Max had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-2 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 66 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 56. Purcell was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hsiou Hsu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Purcell has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (246-167). 31-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Purcell has a compiled181-116 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Max has a composed 36-8 win-loss record in 2023, 31-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
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. 240, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Young Seok Kim 6-3 6-1, Ji Hoon Son 7-67 3-6 6-1, Hyeon Chung 6-3 6-73 6-2 and Rinky Hijikata 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated Hijikata (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Uchiyama scored 97 points vs Hijikata’s 93. Yasutaka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Uchiyama scored 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Uchiyama broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Yasutaka’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger.
Yasutaka has an aggregate 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 104 |
| Pts | 130-102 | 348-299 |
| Total Points | 232 | 647 |
| Winners | 58 | 145 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Purcell played 2 matches while Uchiyama competed in 4 matches. Uchiyama started his run from the qualifications while Purcell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yasutaka Uchiyama dropped 3 sets while Max Purcell hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Purcell has played 7 set(s) less than Uchiyama (4 vs 11). Therefore, Purcell played 68 games less than Uchiyama. Max scored 58 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 145 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 77/119 | 186/286 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 58/77 | 145/186 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 24/42 | 52/100 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Purcell fired 8 aces (4 per match). Uchiyama blasted 33 aces (8.3 per match). Purcell won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 17 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 17/45 |
| % Converted | 55% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 18 |
| Saved | 9 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
Max broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Max quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points. Yasutaka broke his opponents 17 times with a 38% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Mochizuki |
R2 Hsiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 66-56 | 130-102 | |
| Total points | 110 | 122 | 232 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 46/69 | 77/119 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 32/46 | 58/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 13/23 | 24/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Uchiyama | ||||||
| Q1 Seok Kim |
Q3 Hoon Son |
R1 Chung |
R2 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-67 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-73 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 104 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 90-83 | 103-87 | 97-93 | 348-299 | |
| Total points | 94 | 173 | 190 | 190 | 647 | |
| Winners | 24 | 44 | 45 | 32 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 44% | 33% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 57/81 | 57/91 | 42/76 | 186/286 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 70% | 63% | 55% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 44/57 | 45/57 | 32/42 | 145/186 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 77% | 79% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 11/24 | 18/34 | 18/34 | 52/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 46% | 53% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/11 | 4/13 | 4/13 | 17/45 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 36% | 31% | 31% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/4 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 25% | 83% | 50% | 104% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
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