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

Yasutaka Uchiyama

32 - 22win/loss

Hard
26-16
I Hard
4-4
Clay
1-1
Grass
1-1
Rank
140
High
78
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-22 26-16 1-1 4-4 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. 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

Matsuyama Challenger
Uchiyama's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx

24 - 22win/loss

Hard
5-9
I Hard
12-10
Clay
7-3
Rank
252
High
224
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-22 5-9 7-3 12-10 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
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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.

Matsuyama Challenger
Blockx's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Uchiyama
A.Blockx
!
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
1h:12
1h:12
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
103
103
Total points​
61
61
103
103
Avg point​
61
61
50
50
Winners
22
22
50
50
Avg Winners​
22
22
49%
49%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
0
0
8
8
Avg Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
50/69
50/69
1st won total​
22/34
22/34
!
72%
72%
1st won %
65%
65%
23/35
23/35
2nd won total​
13/23
13/23
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
5/7
5/7
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
5/7
5/7
40%
40%
Won
!
71%
71%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
7
7
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
6
6
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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

Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger

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