Kei Nishikori and Kaichi Uchida will square off in the quarter of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Kei Nishikori who should win in 2 sets.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.32
Kaichi Uchida -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Kaichi Uchida
There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Kaichi Uchida since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kei Nishikori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 11-6 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-11 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-17 | 15-9 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Nishikori got to the quarter after defeating Taisei Ichikawa 4-6 6-1 6-1 and Sanhui Shin 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Nishikori had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-4 6-1). During the match, Nishikori scored 65 points vs Shin’s 50. Kei was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishikori scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (23/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Kei broke Shin 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishikori has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Nishikori has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (238-116). 11-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nishikori has a composed 111-54 record in the last years on hard.
Kei’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hong Kong.
The Japanese has a composed 15-11 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Kei has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaichi Uchida
45 - 30win/loss
288
147
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-30 | 37-20 | 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. 288, Uchida got to the quarter after defeating Hyeon Chung 6-3 6-0 and Ryotaro Taguchi 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Taguchi (7-5 6-4). During the match Uchida scored 68 points vs Taguchi’s 62. Uchida was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Uchida recorded 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kaichi Uchida conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 63% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Uchida broke Taguchi twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Uchida hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Uchida’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Pathom,M25 Sapporo,M25 Takasaki and M25 Perth.
The Japanese has an overall 45-30 win-loss record in 2025, 37-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishikori | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 37 |
| Pts | 145-112 | 129-97 |
| Total Points | 257 | 226 |
| Winners | 60 | 60 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Nishikori and Uchida played 2 matches. At the moment, Kei Nishikori dropped 1 set while Kaichi Uchida hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nishikori has played 1 set more than Uchida (5 vs 4). Therefore, Nishikori played 4 games more than Uchida. Kei scored 60 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 60 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishikori | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 82/128 | 76/123 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 60/82 | 60/76 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 20/46 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 53% |
Nishikori blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Uchida fired 16 aces (8 per match). Nishikori won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishikori | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 7 |
| Converted | 11/13 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 85% | 54% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 13 |
| % Saved | 70% | 93% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Kei broke his opponents 11 times with a 85% conversion rate. Kei surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Kaichi broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Kaichi conceded his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishikori | ||||
| R1 Ichikawa | R2 Shin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 | 41 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 65-50 | 145-112 | |
| Total points | 142 | 115 | 257 | |
| Winners | 37 | 23 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 37/59 | 82/128 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 23/37 | 60/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 62% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/24 | 11/22 | 20/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 50% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 6/8 | 11/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 75% | 85% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Uchida | ||||
| R1 Chung | R2 Taguchi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 68-62 | 129-97 | |
| Total points | 96 | 130 | 226 | |
| Winners | 22 | 38 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 56% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 47/75 | 76/123 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 38/47 | 60/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 14/28 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/3 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 10/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger
- Neil Oberleitner/Michael VrbenskyOberleitner/Michael Vrbensky – Yusuke Kusuhara/Shunsuke NakagawaKusuhara/Shunsuke Nakagawa (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (0-0) – H2H and prediction