Yasutaka Uchiyama and Tung-Lin Wu will square off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.76
Tung-Lin Wu -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Tung-Lin Wu

This will be the 7th time that Yasutaka Uchiyama and Tung-Lin Wu square off. The head to head is 3-3 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Uchiyama won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in August 2024.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Yasutaka Uchiyama

33 - 23win/loss

Hard
26-17
I Hard
5-4
Clay
1-1
Grass
1-1
Rank
144
High
78
WLWLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-23 26-17 1-1 5-4 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

Ranked no. 144, Uchiyama got to the 2nd round after beating Guy Den Ouden 6-3 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Den Ouden (6-3 7-66). During the match, Uchiyama scored 82 points vs Den Ouden’s 78. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Uchiyama struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yasutaka Uchiyama lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Yasutaka broke Den Ouden 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Uchiyama has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (278-232). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchiyama has a compiled 35-42 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Busan Challenger where he beat 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.

Uchiyama has a compiled 33-23 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Kobe Challenger
Uchiyama's Record

Tung-Lin Wu

Tung-Lin Wu

34 - 25win/loss

Hard
31-23
I Hard
3-2
Rank
220
High
158
WLWLLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-25 31-23 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0
2023 29-28 21-21 4-5 3-1 1-1 0-0
2022 34-24 26-14 6-3 2-5 0-2 0-0
2021 19-26 10-10 2-8 7-8 0-0 0-0
2020 5-8 4-6 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 220, Wu reached the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Wu defeated Schoolkate (7-64 4-6 6-2). During the match Wu scored 98 points vs Schoolkate’s 87. Tung-Lin was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Wu made 7 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Tung-Lin Wu was very efficient on serve to win 80% (52/65) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Schoolkate twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger where he beat Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Tung-Lin has an aggregate 34-25 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Kobe Challenger
Wu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Uchiyama
T.Wu
1h:59
1h:59
Time on court​
2h:03
2h:03
1h:59
1h:59
Last match​
!
2h:03
2h:03
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
31
31
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
82
82
Total points​
98
98
82
82
Avg point​
98
98
38
38
Winners
52
52
38
38
Avg Winners​
52
52
46%
46%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
7
7
6
6
Avg Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
38/56
38/56
1st won total​
52/65
52/65
68%
68%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
15/27
15/27
2nd won total​
16/29
16/29
56%
56%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
2/7
2/7
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
2/7
2/7
43%
43%
Won
!
29%
29%
6
6
Conceded
4
4
6
6
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Uchiyama Wu
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 22 31
Pts 82-78 98-87
Total Points 160 185
Winners 38 52
%Winners 46% 53%

Both Uchiyama and Wu played 1 match. At the moment, Tung-Lin Wu surrendered 1 set while Yasutaka Uchiyama hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Uchiyama has played 1 set(s) less than Wu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Uchiyama played 9 games less than Wu. Uchiyama scored 38 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Tung-Lin managed to score 52 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Uchiyama Wu
Aces 6 7
Avg per match 6 7
1st in 56/83 65/94
%1st in 67% 69%
1st pts 38/56 52/65
%1st pts 68% 80%
2nd pts 15/27 16/29
%2nd pts 56% 55%

Uchiyama struck 6 aces . Wu struck 7 aces . Uchiyama won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Uchiyama Wu
Won 3 2
Converted 3/7 2/7
% Converted 43% 29%
Conceded 6 4
Saved 5 3
% Saved 83% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Uchiyama broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Tung-Lin conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Uchiyama
R1
Den
Total
Score 6-3 7-66
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 82-78 82-78
Total points 160 160
Winners 38 38
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 56/83 56/83
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 38/56 38/56
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 15/27 15/27
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Wu
R1
Schoolkate
Total
Score 7-64 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 98-87 98-87
Total points 185 185
Winners 52 52
%Winners 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 65/94 65/94
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 52/65 52/65
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 16/29 16/29
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/7 2/7
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

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