Yuta Shimizu and Yasutaka Uchiyama will face off in the semifinal of the Yokohama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.61
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 2nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Yasutaka Uchiyama play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Uchiyama (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Uchiyama won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger back in 2022.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, Yuta got to the semifinal after defeating Jason Jung 6-4 7-5, Marc Polmans 6-4 6-4 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 7-67 6-71 7-64.
In the quarter, Shimizu defeated Lam Coleman Wong (7-67 6-71 7-64). During the match, Shimizu scored 130 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 123. Yuta was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimizu struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (48/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (30/56) on the 2nd serve. Yuta broke Lam Coleman Wong 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (218-113). 35-21 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an aggregate168-87 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Shimizu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Burnie,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
Yuta has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 35-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama 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. 297, Uchiyama got to the semifinal after beating Yusaku Sugaya 6-3 6-3, Yunseong Chung 6-4 6-75 7-65, Masamichi Imamura 6-1 6-1, Seong Chan Hong 2-6 6-4 6-4 and Li Tu 7-61 7-5.
In the quarter, Uchiyama had a good straight sets win against Tu (7-61 7-5). During the match Uchiyama scored 89 points vs Tu’s 69. Yasutaka was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Uchiyama bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was very effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Uchiyama broke Tu 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese 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 getting to the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger.
Yasutaka has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in 2023, 27-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 81 | 121 |
| Pts | 274-236 | 396-332 |
| Total Points | 510 | 728 |
| Winners | 108 | 188 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Shimizu played 3 matches while Uchiyama competed in 5 matches. Uchiyama started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yuta Shimizu surrendered 1 set, while Yasutaka Uchiyama surrendered 2 sets. Shimizu has played 5 set(s) less than Uchiyama (7 vs 12). Therefore, Shimizu played 40 games less than Uchiyama. Yuta scored 108 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 188 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 39 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7.8 |
| 1st in | 144/243 | 241/355 |
| %1st in | 59% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 108/144 | 188/241 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 55/99 | 65/114 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Shimizu bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Uchiyama bagged 39 aces (7.8 per match). Shimizu won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 78% of the points behind 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 | Shimizu | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 52% | 55% |
| Conceded | 19 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 9 |
| % Saved | 63% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||||
| R1 Jung |
R2 Polmans |
1/4 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-67 6-71 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 39 | 81 | |
| pts | 76-57 | 68-56 | 130-123 | 274-236 | |
| Total points | 133 | 124 | 253 | 510 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 48 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 36/59 | 69/125 | 144/243 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 55% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 28/36 | 48/69 | 108/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 15/23 | 30/56 | 55/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 54% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/6 | 5/7 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 71% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 15 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 10/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Uchiyama | |||||||
| Q1 Sugaya |
Q3 Chung |
R1 Imamura |
R2 Chan Hong |
1/4 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-75 7-65 | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 7-61 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 36 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 121 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 107-105 | 55-29 | 83-87 | 89-69 | 396-332 | |
| Total points | 104 | 212 | 84 | 170 | 158 | 728 | |
| Winners | 29 | 62 | 23 | 39 | 35 | 188 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 58% | 42% | 47% | 39% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 76/108 | 27/39 | 53/85 | 47/68 | 241/355 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 70% | 69% | 62% | 69% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 62/76 | 23/27 | 39/53 | 35/47 | 188/241 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 82% | 85% | 74% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 17/32 | 6/12 | 17/32 | 16/21 | 65/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 50% | 53% | 76% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/3 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 3/9 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 71% | 40% | 33% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | – | 0% | 33% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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