Yasutaka Uchiyama

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Yasutaka Uchiyama
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Country (sports)  Japan
Born (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)
Sapporo, Japan
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $182,413[1]
Singles
Career record 1–3
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 211 (3 August 2015)
Current ranking No. 257 (29 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon Q2 (2014)
US Open Q1 (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record 3–8
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 177 (24 November 2014)
Current ranking No. 317 (29 February 2016)
Last updated on: 4 March 2016.

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 career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 240 on 3 August 2015 and doubles ranking of No. 177 on 24 November 2014.[1]

Career

Junior career

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.

Junior Grand Slam singles results:

Australian Open: 3R (2009)
French Open: 3R (2010)
Wimbledon: 1R (2010)
US Open: 3R (2010)

Senior career

Uchiyama has won eight ITF Futures singles title and reached the final of the Lexington Challenger in August 2015, losing to John Millman in three sets.

Uchiyama made Davis Cup debut for Japan in February 2013, Asia/Oceania Zone Group I first round against Indonesia in Tokyo. At 2014 Davis Cup World Group first round against Canada in Tokyo, He played the doubles rubber pairing Kei Nishikori, winning over Canadian pair Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic.[3] Japan defeat Canada with 4-1 to advance to the quarterfinals in the World Group for the first time ever.[4]

Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 August 2015 Lexington, United States Hard Australia John Millman 3-6, 6-3, 4-6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 19 August 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]
Runner-up 2. 12 May 2013 Kunming, China Hard Japan Go Soeda Australia Samuel Groth
Australia John-Patrick Smith		 4–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 26 January 2014 Maui, United States Hard United States Denis Kudla United States Daniel Kosakowski
United States Nicolas Meister		 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 23 Norvember 2014 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Toshihide Matsui Japan Bumpei Sato
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua		 7-6 (8–6), 6-2
Runner-up 3. 1 March 2015 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Go Soeda Australia Benjamin Mitchell
Australia Jordan Thompson		 3-6, 2-6
Runner-up 4. 12 April 2015 Saint-Brieuc, France Hard (i) Poland Andriej Kapaś France Grégoire Burquier
France Alexandre Sidorenko		 3-6, 4-6

References

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External links

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ↑ ITF Juniors profile. ITF Tennis.com Retrieved on 29 February 2016.
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