Kaichi Uchida and Rei Sakamoto will clash against each other in the quarter of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaichi Uchida who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kaichi Uchida is the pick to win this match.
Kaichi Uchida -> 1.68
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Kaichi Uchida vs. Rei Sakamoto

There is no head to head record between Kaichi Uchida and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Kaichi Uchida

Ranked no. 366, Kaichi got to the quarter after beating Kokoro Isomura 6-0 6-1 and Sho Shimabukuro 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Uchida had a good straight sets win against Isomura (6-0 6-1). During the match, Uchida scored 63 points vs Isomura’s 36. Uchida was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Uchida recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kaichi Uchida conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Kaichi was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Isomura 5 times.

Uchida has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (335-314). 17-21 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Uchida has a compiled 176-176 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Quillota,M25 Trelew,M15 Karuizawa and M25 Changwon.

Uchida has a compiled 41-29 win-loss record in 2024, 17-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Rei Sakamoto

Ranked no. 682 (career-high), Sakamoto reached the quarter after beating Philip Henning 6-4 6-3

and Naoki Nakagawa 7-6(9) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Rei had a good straight sets win against Henning (6-4 6-3). During the match Sakamoto scored 58 points vs Henning’s 46. Sakamoto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakamoto managed to score 3 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 51% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Henning 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Sakamoto’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cervia and M25 La Nucia.

The Japanese has an overall 16-16 win-loss record in 2024, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Uchida	Sakamoto
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	39	41
Pts	149-121	131-110
Total Points	270	241
Winners	58	54
%Winners	39%	41%

Both Uchida and Sakamoto played 2 matches. At the moment, Kaichi Uchida lost 1 set while Rei Sakamoto hasn’t lost a set so far. Uchida has played 1 set more than Sakamoto (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Uchida played 2 games less than Sakamoto. Kaichi scored 58 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto recorded 54 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Uchida	Sakamoto
Aces	10	15
Avg per match	5	7.5
1st in	89/156	72/130
%1st in	57%	55%
1st pts	58/89	54/72
%1st pts	65%	75%
2nd pts	36/67	37/58
%2nd pts	54%	64%

Uchida bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Sakamoto bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Uchida won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Uchida	Sakamoto
Won	9	6
Converted	9/11	6/9
% Converted	82%	67%
Conceded	19	7
Saved	16	5
% Saved	84%	71%
Times Broken	3	2

Kaichi broke his opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. Kaichi surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Uchida
	R1 Isomura	Total
Score	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	63-36	63-36
Total points	99	99
Winners	20	20
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/57	31/57
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	20/31	20/31
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	16/26	16/26
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Sakamoto
	R1 Henning	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	58-46	58-46
Total points	104	104
Winners	18	18
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	27/53	27/53
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	18/27	18/27
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	18/26	18/26
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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