Grand Slam · 1st Round Qualifying · Roland Garros
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Herbert
💥 Big Hitter
Uchida
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 6,037 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Pierre-Hugues Herbert plays Kaichi Uchida.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Herbert | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–6 | 1–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.13 | 3.50 |
| ROI % | -52.9% | -81.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.23u | -6.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Herbert
0
Uchida
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Herbert has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Uchida's 0%).
| Opponent | Herbert | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Pol Martin Tiffon | L 57 46 | L 36 36 |
| Alexis Galarneau | L 46 46 | L 46 57 |
| Elias Ymer | W 64 36 63 | L 46 64 36 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Herbert | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62% | 51.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 72.4% | 73% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.5% | 50.1% |
| Aces / Match | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 5.3 | 2.6 |
| Break Points Saved % | 68.9% | 47.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 29.7% | 27.7% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.8% | 46.4% |
| BP Converted % | 41.5% | 46.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 25.4 | 16 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 31 | 25.4 |
| Net Pts Won % | 67% | 41.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.3% | 49.6% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 45% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Lorenzo Sonego
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Leandro Riedi
Roland Garros · 3rd Round Qualifying
May 25
Kaichi Uchida
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 19
Sumit Nagal
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 1st Round Qualifying
May 11
Zizou Bergs
Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricole · Round of 16
Apr 30
Match summary
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Kaichi Uchida meet in the first round of Roland Garros qualifying on May 18 over clay outdoors. Herbert, ranked 223, faces Uchida at 244 in a matchup between two players searching for momentum at the year's second major.
The two have never played. Herbert has won 2 of his last 5 matches and arrives with a two-match losing streak, though he notched a win over Elias Ymer recently. Uchida has dropped his last five, losing to both Ymer and Pol Martin Tiffon in the same stretch. On clay across a recent sample, both men sit at 30%, Herbert with 6 wins in 14 matches and Uchida the same tally.
Herbert builds points through hard hitting off both wings and serves with authority. Uchida relies on his serve to dictate play and generate free points. The clay surface demands consistency in rallies and patience behind the baseline, qualities that will test Herbert's aggressive instincts and Uchida's ability to shorten points when his serve alone does not suffice.
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