Yasutaka Uchiyama
Uchiyama at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Born (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992
Sapporo, Japan
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned proApril 2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,418,577 [1]
Singles
Career record11–27
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 78 (4 November 2019)
Current rankingNo. 347 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2020, 2021)
French Open1R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon1R (2019, 2021)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record11–23
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 102 (20 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 282 (18 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2018)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's tennis
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonTeam Event
Last updated on: 27 September 2023.

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.

Career

Juniors

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.

2013

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

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.

Singles performance timeline

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.
Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021 2022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A A A Q2 Q2 Q1 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon Q2 A A Q1 Q1 1R NH 1R A 0 / 2 0–2
US Open Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q3 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–0 0 / 7 0–7

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2017 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard Japan Ben McLachlan United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares		 6–4, 7–6(7–1)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis finals

Singles: 26 (14-12)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5-4)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9-8)
Titles by surface
Hard (11-8)
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 Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 7-5, 6-1
Win 2-0 Oct 2011 Australia F10, Port Pirie Futures Hard Japan Hiroki Moriya 7-6(8-6), 6-4
Win 3-0 Mar 2012 Japan F1, Nishitama District, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Hiroki Kondo 6-2, 7-6(7-5)
Loss 3-1 Apr 2012 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Japan Hiroki Moriya 1-6, 4-6
Win 4-1 Apr 2012 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-chi 7-5, 6-4
Loss 4-2 Jul 2012 Japan F7, Sapporo Futures Clay South Korea Nam Hyun-woo 2-6, 1-6
Loss 4-3 Jun 2013 Japan F7, Sapporo Futures Clay Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 4-6, 6–2, 5-7
Loss 4-4 Oct 2013 Australia F10, Sydney Futures Hard Australia Luke Saville 6-4, 4–6, 4-6
Win 5-4 Dec 2013 Thailand F4, Bangkok Futures Hard Australia Luke Saville 6-1, 3–6, 6-1
Loss 5-5 Jun 2014 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Japan Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 3-6
Loss 5-6 Mar 2015 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard South Korea Yongkyu Lim 6-7(6-8), 3-6
Win 6-6 Apr 2015 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Takuto Niki 6-1, 6-2
Loss 6-7 May 2015 Spain F15, Santa Margarida de Montbui Futures Hard Spain Gerard Granollers-Pujol 7-6(7-1),6-7(4-7), 3-6
Win 7-7 Jun 2015 Bulgaria F2, Burgas Futures Clay Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 5-7, 6–4, 6-2
Win 8-7 Jun 2015 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Japan Sho Katayama 6-2, 6-3
Loss 8-8 Aug 2015 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Australia John Millman 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 8-9 Jun 2016 Japan F6, Karuizawa Futures Clay South Korea Duckhee Lee 6-7(5-7), 3-6
Win 9-9 Feb 2017 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Slovenia Blaž Kavčič 6–3, 6–4
Win 10-9 Mar 2018 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard Japan Tatsuma Ito 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 11-9 Sep 2018 Zhangjiagang, China Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Jason Jung 6–2, 6–2
Loss 11-10 Jul 2019 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard United States Ernesto Escobedo 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 12-10 Sep 2019 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard China Wu Di 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13-10 Oct 2019 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard Canada Steven Diez 6–1, 6–3
Loss 13-11 Nov 2019 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 13-12 Aug 2021 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Hard Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 7-5, 6-7(8-10), 1-6
Win 14-12 May 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Akira Santillan 7-6(7-3), 6-7(5-7), 6-3

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2012 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Hard Australia Brydan Klein Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han
Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin		 6–7 (5–7), 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2013 Kunming, China Hard Japan Go Soeda Australia Samuel Groth
Australia John-Patrick Smith		 4–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2014 Maui, United States Hard United States Denis Kudla United States Daniel Kosakowski
United States Nicolas Meister		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–2 Nov 2014 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Toshihide Matsui Japan Bumpei Sato
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua		 7–6 (8–6), 6–2
Loss 2–3 Mar 2015 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Go Soeda Australia Benjamin Mitchell
Australia Jordan Thompson		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2015 Saint-Brieuc, France Hard (i) Poland Andriej Kapaś France Grégoire Burquier
France Alexandre Sidorenko		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2016 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Go Soeda China Gong Maoxin
Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan		 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 2–6 Jun 2016 Blois, France Clay China Gong Maoxin Germany Alexander Satschko
Germany Simon Stadler		 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 3–6 Nov 2017 Kobe, Japan Hard (i) Japan Ben McLachlan India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat		 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 3–7 Feb 2018 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Go Soeda Australia Luke Saville
Australia Jordan Thompson		 3–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 3–8 Jan 2022 Columbus, USA Hard (i) Switzerland Luca Margaroli United States Tennys Sandgren
Denmark Mikael Torpegaard		 7-5, 4–6, [5-10]
Win 4–8 Apr 2023 Seoul, South Korea Hard Australia Max Purcell South Korea Chung Yun-seong
Japan Yuta Shimizu		 6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-Up 2009 Australian Open Hard Russia Mikhail Biryukov Philippines Francis Alcantara
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng		 4–6, 2–6

References

  1. 1 2 ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ↑ ITF Juniors profile. ITF Tennis.com Retrieved on 29 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Canada on the ropes as Japan takes doubles". Davis Cup. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Japan makes history with World Group win". Davis Cup. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/uchiyama-tokyo-2019-feature
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