Yasutaka Uchiyama and Vadym Ursu will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yasutaka Uchiyama is the pick to win this match.
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.38
Vadym Ursu -> 2.89

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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Vadym Ursu

There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Vadym Ursu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Yasutaka Uchiyama

21 - 15win/loss

Hard

17-11

I Hard

2-2

Clay

1-1

Grass

1-1

Rank
146

High
78

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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

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Ranked no. 197, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yuta Shimizu 6-2 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Shimizu, Yasutaka had a free pass after Shimizu retired on a 6-2 1-0 . scoreline.

Uchiyama has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (266-224). 17-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Uchiyama has a composed 194-143 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Busan Challenger where he defeated Seong Chan Hong in the final 7-6(4) 6-3.

Uchiyama has a compiled 21-15 win-loss record in 2024, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Zhangjiagang Challenger

Uchiyama's Record

Vadym Ursu

Vadym Ursu

30 - 21win/loss

Hard

27-15

I Hard

2-2

Clay

1-3

Grass

0-1

Rank
384

High
299

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	43-34	40-28	1-3	2-2	0-1	0-0
2023	39-12	34-9	5-3	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2021	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2020	4-3	0-0	0-1	4-2	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 304, Vadym reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ajeet Rai 6-2 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Vadym had a good straight sets win against Rai (6-2 7-5). During the match Ursu scored 69 points vs Rai’s 60. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Ursu bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Vadym Ursu lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ursu put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Vadym broke Rai 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Vadym’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

The Ukrainian has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2024, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhangjiagang Challenger

Ursu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Uchiyama and Ursu played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Uchiyama has played 1 set more than Ursu (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Uchiyama played 11 games less than Ursu. Uchiyama scored 0 winners (0% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian struck 27 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Uchiyama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ursu bagged 2 aces . Uchiyama won 0% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 0% of the points. On the other side, Ursu won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Uchiyama hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Japanese pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Ursu broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Vadym conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Yasutaka
Uchiyama

1:0

Vadym
Ursu

Rank

146

High

78

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Rank

384

High

299

Win Loss

Uchiyama

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Ursu

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2024 2023 2022

34 - 25

43 - 34

26-18

Hard

40-28

6-5

I Hard

2-2

1-1

Clay

1-3

1-1

Grass

0-1

Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger

• Norbert GombosGombos – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-2 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Jie CuiCui (0-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mark LajalLajal – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yan BaiBai – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Norbert GombosGombos – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sheng TangTang – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction

Uchiyama

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Ursu