Li Tu and Yasutaka Uchiyama will face off in the quarter of the Yokohama Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yasutaka Uchiyama is the pick to win this match.
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.64
Li Tu -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 3rd time that Li Tu and Yasutaka Uchiyama fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Uchiyama (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Uchiyama won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger back in July 2023.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, Li reached the quarter after beating Rei Sakamoto 6-4 6-3 and Andres Martin 2-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Martin, Li recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-5).During the match, Tu scored less points (2) than Martin. In fact, the world no. 247 won 90 points vs Martin’s. That means that Tu was more focused during the important points. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Li Tu was very effective on serve to win 71% (44/62) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Tu broke Martin twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Tu has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (127-63). 27-17 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tu has an aggregate89-37 record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Li has a compiled 36-30 win-loss record in 2023, 27-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Tu has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 297, Yasutaka reached the quarter after defeating Yusaku Sugaya 6-3 6-3, Yunseong Chung 6-4 6-75 7-65, Masamichi Imamura 6-1 6-1 and Seong Chan Hong 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Chan Hong, Yasutaka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Uchiyama scored less points (4) than Chan Hong. In fact, the world no. 247 won 83 points vs Chan Hong’s. That means that Uchiyama was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Uchiyama managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yasutaka broke Chan Hong twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Uchiyama started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Yasutaka’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger.
Uchiyama has a composed 28-24 win-loss record in 2023, 26-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tu | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 96 |
| Pts | 163-149 | 307-263 |
| Total Points | 312 | 570 |
| Winners | 70 | 153 |
| %Winners | 43% | 50% |
Tu played 2 matches while Uchiyama competed in 4 matches. Uchiyama started his run from the qualifications while Tu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Li Tu surrendered 1 set, while Yasutaka Uchiyama lost 2 sets. Tu has played 5 set(s) less than Uchiyama (5 vs 10). Therefore, Tu played 47 games less than Uchiyama. The Australian scored 70 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Uchiyama recorded 153 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tu | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 98/145 | 194/287 |
| %1st in | 68% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 70/98 | 153/194 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 49/93 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Tu bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Uchiyama bagged 33 aces (8.3 per match). Tu won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tu | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/21 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 29% | 65% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Li broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. Li lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Uchiyama broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Yasutaka conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tu | ||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 90-92 | 163-149 | |
| Total points | 130 | 182 | 312 | |
| Winners | 26 | 44 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/56 | 62/89 | 98/145 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 44/62 | 70/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 14/27 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/9 | 6/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 22% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Uchiyama | ||||||
| Q1 Sugaya |
Q3 Chung |
R1 Imamura |
R2 Chan Hong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-75 7-65 | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 36 | 14 | 28 | 96 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 107-105 | 55-29 | 83-87 | 307-263 | |
| Total points | 104 | 212 | 84 | 170 | 570 | |
| Winners | 29 | 62 | 23 | 39 | 153 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 58% | 42% | 47% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 76/108 | 27/39 | 53/85 | 194/287 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 70% | 69% | 62% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 62/76 | 23/27 | 39/53 | 153/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 82% | 85% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 17/32 | 6/12 | 17/32 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 50% | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/3 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 71% | 40% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | – | 0% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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