Colton Smith and Yasutaka Uchiyama will square off in the 1^st round of the Birmingham Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colton Smith who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.59
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Colton Smith vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama

There is no head to head record between Colton Smith and Yasutaka Uchiyama since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Colton Smith

Ranked no. 162, Colton will start his run in the Birmingham Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-2 to Napolitano in the qualifications on the 19^th of May.

Smith has an overall 14-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Smith has an overall 53-20 record. He has a flat 0-0 record on grass.

Previously in the Birmingham Challenger

Colton has never competed in this tournament before.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Ranked no. 204, Yasutaka reached the 1^st round after defeating Kyle Edmund 6-3 6-2 and Jack Pinnington Jones 1-6 6-4 7-6(2).

In the qualifications against Pinnington Jones, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 7-6²).During the match Uchiyama scored less points (9) than Pinnington Jones. In fact, the world no. 162 won 94 points vs Pinnington Jones’s. That means that Uchiyama was more focused during the important points. Yasutaka was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Uchiyama struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Pinnington Jones 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Uchiyama started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Japanese has a composed 11-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Birmingham Challenger

• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Billy HarrisHarris (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex BoltBolt – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Harold MayotMayot (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction