Kaichi Uchida and Yuta Shimizu have met 2 times since 2023; Kaichi Uchida leads 2–0. Their most recent meeting: Kaichi Uchida won at Taipei (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Uchida
💥 Big Hitter
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,522 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Kaichi Uchida.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Uchida | Shimizu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kaichi Uchida | Yuta Shimizu | ||
| 1 or more | 89% | 8/9 | 88% | 14/16 |
| 3 or more | 56% | 5/9 | 56% | 9/16 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 3/9 | 31% | 5/16 |
| 10 or more | 11% | 1/9 | 25% | 4/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/16 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Uchida | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–8 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 3.84 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -83.1% | +3.9% |
| Units P/L | -7.48u | +0.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shimizu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (63% vs Uchida's 38%).
| Opponent | Uchida | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Yusuke Takahashi | W 46 63 64 | W 76 62 |
| August Holmgren | L 67 75 26 | L 67 46 |
| Marat Sharipov | L 16 26 | L 62 36 16 |
| Fajing Sun | L 46 26 | W 57 64 64 |
| Renta Tokuda | L 36 61 46 | W 76 16 64 |
| Daniel Michalski | L 63 36 36 | L 26 62 36 |
| Taisei Ichikawa | W 62 26 75 | W 36 76 64 |
| Takuya Kumasaka | W 62 63 | W 60 57 76 |
Last five matches per player
Quinn Vandecasteele
Dublin Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 19
Max Houkes
KIA Tunis Open · Round of 32
May 11
Soonwoo Kwon
Wuxi Open · Round of 32
May 5
James McCabe
Gwangju Open · Round of 32
Apr 21
Alexis Galarneau
Renault Busan Open Tennis Championships · Round of 32
Apr 14
Justin Boulais
WUNING OPEN 1 · Round of 16
Apr 8
Alexander Binda
WUNING OPEN 1 · Round of 32
Apr 8
Andre Ilagan
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Murphy Cassone
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 16
Jun 4
Dane Sweeny
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Bernard Tomic
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 16
May 17
Andres Martin
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 13
Evan Zhu
Wuxi Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 3
Sho Shimabukuro
Jiangxi Open · Round of 32
Apr 29
Yusuke Takahashi
Jiangxi Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 27
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 47–76 matches
| Metric | Uchida | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 49% |
| Sets won | 57% | 49% |
| Games won | 53% | 49% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Uchida | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 2 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Uchida | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
