Yasutaka Uchiyama

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. 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.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Uchiyama at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 Sapporo, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	April 2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,450,372
Singles
Career record	11–27
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 78 (4 November 2019)
Current ranking	No. 168 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2020, 2021)
French Open	1R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2019, 2021)
US Open	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	12–24
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 102 (20 August 2018)
Current ranking	No. 208 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
Medal record Representing Japan Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team Event
Last updated on: 20 April 2024.

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. 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. Japan defeated Canada 4–1 to advance to the quarterfinals in the World Group for the first time ever.

2019: Best season: Major debut at Wimbledon and Top 100

He qualified on his seventh attempt at the 2019 Japan Open, his home tournament. As a result, he reached the top 100 at world No. 87 on 21 October 2019.

2024: Sixth Challenger, back to top 200

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

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.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–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	Ben McLachlan	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 7–6(7–1)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis finals

Singles: 27 (15–12)

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)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

External links

• Yasutaka Uchiyama at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yasutaka Uchiyama at the International Tennis Federation
• Yasutaka Uchiyama at the Davis Cup
• Yasutaka Uchiyama at the Japan Tennis Association