Rio Noguchi and Kaichi Uchida will face off in the 1st round of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COVERED COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rio Noguchi is the pick to win this match.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.78
Kaichi Uchida -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Kaichi Uchida
This will be the 6th time that Rio Noguchi and Kaichi Uchida play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Noguchi (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Uchida won 6-1 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in August 2025.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-31 | 38-31 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, Noguchi will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) to Fomin in the qualifications on the 6th of October.
Rio has an overall 33-25 win-loss record in 2025, 33-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Noguchi has an overall 362-253 record. He has a positive 257-165 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Kaichi Uchida
36 - 26win/loss
252
147
LWWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-31 | 39-21 | 0-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 18-22 | 16-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, the Japanese will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Perth where he lost 3-6 6-4 7-6(6) to Polmans in the final on the 12th of October.
Kaichi has an overall 36-26 win-loss record in 2025, 33-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Kaichi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Pathom,M25 Sapporo,M25 Takasaki and M25 Perth.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 429-400 record. He has a positive 247-244 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Shenzhen Challenger
- Sergey FominFomin – Arthur WeberWeber (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aoran WangWang – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (3-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason JungJung – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-4 7-6(7)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henrique RochaRocha – Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-65 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yi ZhouZhou – Xiaofei WangWang (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fajing SunSun – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pavel KotovKotov – Tianhui ZhangZhang (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hyeon ChungChung – Rigele TeTe (7-64 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jie CuiCui – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Omar JasikaJasika – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Harold MayotMayot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Kaichi UchidaUchida (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
