Zizou Bergs and Kaichi Uchida will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on SUB- CENTRE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.29
Kaichi Uchida -> 3.35
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Kaichi Uchida
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Kaichi Uchida since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-17 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Altug Celikbilek 5-7 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Celikbilek, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-4). During the match, Bergs scored 108 points vs Celikbilek’s 97. Zizou was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bergs fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Bergs broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Bergs has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (250-151). 4-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bergs has an aggregate65-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Drummondville Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 6-4 7-5.
Zizou has an overall 34-27 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaichi Uchida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-15 | 11-9 | 16-6 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 10-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 319, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Ji Sung Nam 7-66 2-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Sung Nam (7-66 2-6 6-1). During the match Uchida scored 121 points vs Sung Nam’s 117. Uchida was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Uchida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve 4 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (48/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (29/58) on the 2nd serve. Uchida broke Sung Nam 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Uchida’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Rovereto Challenger and the Pau Challenger.
Uchida has an aggregate 17-32 win-loss record in 2023, 4-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 28 |
| Pts | 108-97 | 121-117 |
| Total Points | 205 | 238 |
| Winners | 42 | 48 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Bergs and Uchida played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs surrendered 1 set, while Kaichi Uchida conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bergs and Uchida have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bergs played 2 games more than Uchida. The Belgian scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 48 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 76/134 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 48/76 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 29/58 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Bergs blasted 7 aces . Uchida made 1 ace . Bergs won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 4/15 |
| % Converted | 31% | 27% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 5 | 15 |
| % Saved | 63% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Zizou broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Belgian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||
| R1 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 108-97 | 108-97 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 62/92 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Uchida | |||
| R1 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 2-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 121-117 | 121-117 | |
| Total points | 238 | 238 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 76/134 | 76/134 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 48/76 | 48/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/58 | 29/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 19 | |
| Saved | 15/19 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (7-66 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Renta TokudaTokuda (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (4-6 7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-77 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Giovanni FonioFonio (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
