Hugo Grenier and Yasutaka Uchiyama will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 6. 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 -> 1.63
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.11

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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 fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

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

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 179, the French player reached the 2^nd round after defeating Hikaru Shiraishi 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Shiraishi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Grenier scored 75 points vs Shiraishi’s 63. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Grenier made 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Hugo broke Shiraishi 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Grenier has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (378-285). 29-17 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Grenier has an overall 213-109 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Hugo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Villena Challenger.

Grenier has a compiled 38-32 win-loss record in 2025, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Ranked no. 306, Yasutaka got to the 2^nd round after beating Kaylan Bigun 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Yasutaka had a good straight sets win against Bigun (6-4 6-4). During the match Uchiyama scored 74 points vs Bigun’s 64. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Uchiyama managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yasutaka broke Bigun twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Yasutaka’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Shanghai Challenger.

The Japanese has an overall 21-26 win-loss record in 2025, 17-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Uchiyama
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
Pts	75-63	74-64
Total Points	138	138
Winners	40	32
%Winners	53%	43%

Both Grenier and Uchiyama played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Grenier and Uchiyama have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). Hugo scored 40 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 32 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Uchiyama
Aces	10	5
Avg per match	10	5
1st in	52/76	42/71
%1st in	68%	59%
1st pts	40/52	32/42
%1st pts	77%	76%
2nd pts	8/24	15/29
%2nd pts	33%	52%

Grenier bagged 10 aces . Uchiyama struck 5 aces . Grenier won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Uchiyama
Won	3	2
Converted	3/4	2/7
% Converted	75%	29%
Conceded	4	6
Saved	3	6
% Saved	75%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Hugo broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Hugo conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Uchiyama broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Grenier
	R1 Shiraishi	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	75-63	75-63
Total points	138	138
Winners	40	40
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/76	52/76
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	40/52	40/52
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	8/24	8/24
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Uchiyama
	R1 Bigun	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	74-64	74-64
Total points	138	138
Winners	32	32
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	42/71	42/71
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	32/42	32/42
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/29	15/29
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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