Yasutaka Uchiyama
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Yasutaka Uchiyama
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  • Personal
  • Career
    • Nicknames are Yasu and Uchi.
    • Speaks Japanese and English.
    • Started playing tennis at age 7 with parents.
    • Father, Shingo; mother, Natsuko; sister, Misato Ibanka.
    • Favourite surface is hard, shot is serve and tournament is Tokyo.
    • Idols growing up were Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori.
    • Splits time training in Tokyo and Barcelona.
    • Enjoys watching baseball and would have been a baseball player if not for tennis.
    • Favourite baseball team is Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and favourite player is Haruki Nishikawa.

    (UPDATED 30 JUNE 2021)

    • Broke into Top 100after winning 2019 Ningbo Challenger title and achieved career-high No. 78after reaching 2019 Playford Challenger final.
    • Qualified and defeated No. 14 Edmund for biggest career win en route to 1st ATP Tour singles QF at 2019 Brisbane.
    • Went on to qualify for 1st time in 15th attempt at a Grand Slam event at 2019 Wimbledon.
    • Captured 2017 Tokyo doubles title with countryman McLachlan as 494th-ranked WC.
    • Big baseball fan who supports Haruki Nishikawa and his team, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

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