Yasutaka Uchiyama and Alexander Blockx will play each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.81
Alexander Blockx -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
32 - 22win/loss
146
78
LLWWLWLWLW | 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 |
Ranked no. 140, Uchiyama reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Yasutaka defeated Janvier (6-3 6-75 6-4). During the match, Uchiyama scored 103 points vs Janvier’s 96. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Uchiyama made 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama was quite effective on serve to win 72% (50/69) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yasutaka broke Janvier twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Uchiyama has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (277-231). 26-16 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchiyama has a compiled 203-148 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Busan Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 7-6(4) 6-3 and the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he defeated Mark Lajal in the final 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2.
Yasutaka has an overall 32-22 win-loss record in 2024, 26-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Alexander Blockx
24 - 22win/loss
203
203
LWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 252, Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blockx had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-2 6-3). During the match Blockx scored 61 points vs Nakagawa’s 48. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Blockx was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Nakagawa 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Blockx’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde and the Orleans Challenger.
Alexander has an overall 24-22 win-loss record in 2024, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchiyama | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 |
| Pts | 103-96 | 61-48 |
| Total Points | 199 | 109 |
| Winners | 50 | 22 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Uchiyama and Blockx played 1 match. At the moment, Yasutaka Uchiyama lost 1 set while Alexander Blockx hasn’t lost a set so far. Uchiyama has played 1 set more than Blockx (3 vs 2). Therefore, Uchiyama played 15 games more than Blockx. Uchiyama scored 50 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 22 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchiyama | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 0 |
| 1st in | 69/104 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 50/69 | 22/34 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 57% |
Uchiyama made 8 aces . Blockx didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Uchiyama won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 65% of the points on 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 | Uchiyama | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 71% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Uchiyama broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Yasutaka quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Blockx broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Blockx conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Uchiyama | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 103-96 | 103-96 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 69/104 | 69/104 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 50/69 | 50/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Nakagawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-48 | 61-48 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Benoit PairePaire (6-72 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kokoro IsomuraIsomura – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yi ZhouZhou (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Shunsuke NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Sho KatayamaKatayama (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Matej DodigDodig (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Kokoro IsomuraIsomura – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yi ZhouZhou (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Benoit PairePaire (6-7(2) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
