Yasutaka Uchiyama
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| Country (sports) |
 Japan | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
5 August 1992 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. 446 (1 August 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) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 4 March 2016. | |||||||||||||
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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.
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 |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 2 August 2015 | Lexington, United States | Hard |  John Millman |
3-6, 6-3, 4-6 |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 19 August 2012 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Hard | Brydan Klein |
 Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin |
6–7 (5–7), 6–4, [4–10] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 May 2013 | Kunming, China | Hard | Go Soeda |
Samuel Groth John-Patrick Smith |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 26 January 2014 | Maui, United States | Hard |  Denis Kudla |
Daniel Kosakowski Nicolas Meister |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 23 Norvember 2014 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Toshihide Matsui |
Bumpei Sato Yang Tsung-hua |
7-6 (8–6), 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 1 March 2015 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet (i) | Go Soeda |
Benjamin Mitchell Jordan Thompson |
3-6, 2-6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 12 April 2015 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Hard (i) |  Andriej Kapaś |
 Grégoire Burquier Alexandre Sidorenko |
3-6, 4-6 |
References
- 1 2 ATP World Tour Profile
- ↑ ITF Juniors profile. ITF Tennis.com Retrieved on 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "Canada on the ropes as Japan takes doubles". Davis Cup. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Japan makes history with World Group win". Davis Cup. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
External links
- Yasutaka Uchiyama at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Yasutaka Uchiyama at the International Tennis Federation
- Yasutaka Uchiyama at the Davis Cup
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Japanese male singles tennis players as of 21 November 2016 | |
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