Hugo Grenier and Yasutaka Uchiyama will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.74
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama

This will be the 3^rd time that Hugo Grenier and Yasutaka Uchiyama face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Grenier won 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Winnipeg Challenger back in 2024.

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 175, Grenier got to the 2^nd round after beating Li Tu 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Grenier had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-4 6-2). During the match, Grenier scored 62 points vs Tu’s 49. Hugo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Grenier made 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. Grenier broke Tu 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Grenier has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (353-264). 7-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Grenier has a compiled 191-97 record in the last years on hard.

The French player best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger.

The French player has an aggregate 13-11 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Grenier has never competed in this tournament before.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Ranked no. 209, Yasutaka reached the 2^nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 7-5 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Yasutaka defeated Uchida (7-5 3-6 6-4). During the match Uchiyama scored 99 points vs Uchida’s 97. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Uchiyama scored 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 60% of his first serves in, winning 72% (43/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Uchida 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

The Japanese has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Uchiyama
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	31
Pts	62-49	99-97
Total Points	111	196
Winners	29	43
%Winners	47%	43%

Both Grenier and Uchiyama played 1 match. At the moment, Yasutaka Uchiyama lost 1 set while Hugo Grenier hasn’t conceded a set so far. Grenier has played 1 set(s) less than Uchiyama (2 vs 3). Therefore, Grenier played 13 games less than Uchiyama. Grenier scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 43 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Uchiyama
Aces	4	12
Avg per match	4	12
1st in	45/62	60/100
%1st in	73%	60%
1st pts	29/45	43/60
%1st pts	64%	72%
2nd pts	5/17	20/40
%2nd pts	29%	50%

Grenier managed to score 4 aces . Uchiyama fired 12 aces . Grenier won 64% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 29% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Uchiyama
Won	6	3
Converted	6/7	3/8
% Converted	86%	38%
Conceded	6	8
Saved	3	5
% Saved	50%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yasutaka broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Grenier
	R1 Tu	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	62-49	62-49
Total points	111	111
Winners	29	29
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	45/62	45/62
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	29/45	29/45
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	5/17	5/17
% 2nd pts	29%	29%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

Uchiyama
	R1 Uchida	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	99-97	99-97
Total points	196	196
Winners	43	43
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	60/100	60/100
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	43/60	43/60
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	20/40	20/40
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger

• Brandon HoltHolt – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6¹ ret.) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Yi ZhouZhou (7-6² 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Li TuTu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Uisung ParkPark – Yunseong ChungChung (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6¹² 6-3) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-6⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-7(5) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6(12) 6-3) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(1) ret.) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Yi ZhouZhou (7-6(2) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hyeon ChungChung – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Omar JasikaJasika – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Uisung ParkPark – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction