Japanese tennis player
Yasutaka Uchiyama (内山 靖崇 , Uchiyama Yasutaka , born 5 August 1992) is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour . He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 78 on 4 November 2019 and doubles ranking of No. 102 on 20 August 2018.[1] He has won eight ITF Futures singles titles and reached the final of the Lexington Challenger in August 2015, losing to John Millman in three sets.
Juniors [ edit ] As a junior Uchiyama compiled a win–loss record of 99–61 (and 77–56 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 12 in the combined world rankings in March 2010.[2] He reached the final of the 2009 Australian Open Boys' Doubles with Mikhail Biryukov , losing to Francis Casey Alcantara and Hsieh Cheng-peng in the final.
Uchiyama made his Davis Cup debut for Japan in February 2013, in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I first round against Indonesia in Tokyo. In the 2014 Davis Cup World Group first round against Canada in Tokyo, he played the doubles rubber with partner Kei Nishikori , winning over Canadian pair Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic .[3] Japan defeated Canada 4–1 to advance to the quarterfinals in the World Group for the first time ever.[4]
2019: Best season: Major debut at Wimbledon and Top 100 [ edit ] He qualified on his seventh attempt at the 2019 Japan Open , his home tournament.[5] As a result, he reached the top 100 at world No. 87 on 21 October 2019.
2024: Sixth Challenger, back to top 200 [ edit ] Ranked No. 241, following his sixth Challenger at the 2024 Busan Open he returned to the top 200 climbing more then 70 positions up in the top 170 on 15 April 2024.
Singles performance timeline [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
ATP career finals [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis finals [ edit ] Singles: 27 (15–12) [ edit ] Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (6–4) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9–8)
Titles by surface Hard (12–8) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1-0 Apr 2010 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Shuichi Sekiguchi 7-5, 6-1 Win 2-0 Oct 2011 Australia F10, Port Pirie Futures Hard Hiroki Moriya 7-6(8-6) , 6-4 Win 3-0 Mar 2012 Japan F1, Nishitama District, Tokyo Futures Hard Hiroki Kondo 6-2, 7-6(7-5) Loss 3-1 Apr 2012 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Hiroki Moriya 1-6, 4-6 Win 4-1 Apr 2012 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Huang Liang-chi 7-5, 6-4 Loss 4-2 Jul 2012 Japan F7, Sapporo Futures Clay Nam Hyun-woo 2-6, 1-6 Loss 4-3 Jun 2013 Japan F7, Sapporo Futures Clay Shuichi Sekiguchi 4-6, 6–2, 5-7 Loss 4-4 Oct 2013 Australia F10, Sydney Futures Hard Luke Saville 6-4, 4–6, 4-6 Win 5-4 Dec 2013 Thailand F4, Bangkok Futures Hard Luke Saville 6-1, 3–6, 6-1 Loss 5-5 Jun 2014 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 3-6 Loss 5-6 Mar 2015 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Yongkyu Lim 6-7(6-8) , 3-6 Win 6-6 Apr 2015 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Takuto Niki 6-1, 6-2 Loss 6-7 May 2015 Spain F15, Santa Margarida de Montbui Futures Hard Gerard Granollers-Pujol 7-6(7-1) ,6-7(4-7) , 3-6 Win 7-7 Jun 2015 Bulgaria F2, Burgas Futures Clay Dimitar Kuzmanov 5-7, 6–4, 6-2 Win 8-7 Jun 2015 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Sho Katayama 6-2, 6-3 Loss 8-8 Aug 2015 Lexington , United States Challenger Hard John Millman 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 Loss 8-9 Jun 2016 Japan F6, Karuizawa Futures Clay Duckhee Lee 6-7(5-7) , 3-6 Win 9-9 Feb 2017 Kyoto , Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Blaž Kavčič 6–3, 6–4 Win 10-9 Mar 2018 Yokohama , Japan Challenger Hard Tatsuma Ito 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 11-9 Sep 2018 Zhangjiagang , China Challenger Hard Jason Jung 6–2, 6–2 Loss 11-10 Jul 2019 Granby , Canada Challenger Hard Ernesto Escobedo 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 Win 12-10 Sep 2019 Shanghai , China Challenger Hard Wu Di 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Win 13-10 Oct 2019 Ningbo , China Challenger Hard Steven Diez 6–1, 6–3 Loss 13-11 Nov 2019 Playford , Australia Challenger Hard James Duckworth 6–7(2–7) , 4–6 Loss 13-12 Aug 2021 Mallorca , Spain Challenger Hard Lukáš Lacko 7-5, 6-7(8-10) , 1-6 Win 14-12 May 2022 M25 Monastir , Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Akira Santillan 7-6(7-3) , 6-7(5-7) , 6-3 Win 15–12 Apr 2024 Busan , South Korea Challenger Hard Hong Seong-chan 7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runners-up) [ edit ] Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Aug 2012 Qarshi , Uzbekistan Hard Brydan Klein Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin 6–7 (5–7) , 6–4, [4–10] Loss 0–2 May 2013 Kunming , China Hard Go Soeda Samuel Groth John-Patrick Smith 4–6, 1–6 Win 1–2 Jan 2014 Maui , United States Hard Denis Kudla Daniel Kosakowski Nicolas Meister 6–3, 6–2 Win 2–2 Nov 2014 Toyota , Japan Carpet (i) Toshihide Matsui Bumpei Sato Yang Tsung-hua 7–6 (8–6) , 6–2 Loss 2–3 Mar 2015 Kyoto , Japan Carpet (i) Go Soeda Benjamin Mitchell Jordan Thompson 3–6, 2–6 Loss 2–4 Apr 2015 Saint-Brieuc , France Hard (i) Andriej Kapaś Grégoire Burquier Alexandre Sidorenko 3–6, 4–6 Loss 2–5 Feb 2016 Kyoto , Japan Carpet (i) Go Soeda Gong Maoxin Yi Chu-huan 3–6, 6–7(7–9) Loss 2–6 Jun 2016 Blois , France Clay Gong Maoxin Alexander Satschko Simon Stadler 3–6, 6–7(2–7) Win 3–6 Nov 2017 Kobe , Japan Hard (i) Ben McLachlan Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] Loss 3–7 Feb 2018 Kyoto , Japan Carpet (i) Go Soeda Luke Saville Jordan Thompson 3–6, 7–5, [6–10] Loss 3–8 Jan 2022 Columbus , USA Hard (i) Luca Margaroli Tennys Sandgren Mikael Torpegaard 7-5, 4–6, [5-10] Win 4–8 Apr 2023 Seoul , South Korea Hard Max Purcell Chung Yun-seong Yuta Shimizu 6–1, 6–4
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]