Kaichi Uchida and Mukund Sasikumar will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 13. 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 Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 3 sets.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.666
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Kaichi Uchida vs. Mukund Sasikumar
This will be the 2nd time that Kaichi Uchida and Mukund Sasikumar clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kumar Mukund (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kumar Mukund won 7-6(3) 6-2 in the 3rd round in the Baotou Challenger back in 2019.
Kaichi Uchida
37 - 26win/loss
364
147
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-26 | 16-19 | 16-6 | 6-1 | 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. 387, Kaichi got to the qualifications after defeating Thanapet Chanta 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Uchida had a good straight sets win against Chanta (6-2 6-3). During the match, Uchida scored 60 points vs Chanta’s 43. Uchida was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Uchida managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kaichi Uchida was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kaichi broke Chanta 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Uchida has good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (331-311). 15-19 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchida has an aggregate 174-174 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Kaichi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Quillota,M25 Trelew,M15 Karuizawa and M25 Changwon.
The Japanese has a composed 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 15-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-31 | 38-30 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 400, Sasi got to the qualifications after defeating Jose Statham 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Statham, Sasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-4). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 87 points vs Statham’s 79. Sasi was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund bagged 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (48/55) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kumar Mukund broke Statham twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Sasi’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Chennai,M15 Tianjin and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Sasi has an aggregate 40-30 win-loss record in 2024, 38-29 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchida | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 60-43 | 87-79 |
| Total Points | 103 | 166 |
| Winners | 26 | 48 |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% |
Both Uchida and Kumar Mukund played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mukund Sasikumar surrendered 1 set while Kaichi Uchida hasn’t dropped a set so far. Uchida has played 1 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (2 vs 3). Therefore, Uchida played 15 games less than Kumar Mukund. The Japanese scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian blasted 48 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchida | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 12 |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 55/86 |
| %1st in | 72% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 48/55 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 19/31 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Uchida made 8 aces . Kumar Mukund blasted 12 aces . Uchida won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchida | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Uchida lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sasi broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Sasi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Uchida | |||
| Q1 Chanta | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 60-43 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Statham | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 87-79 | 87-79 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/86 | 55/86 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 48/55 | 48/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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