is a

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player playing on the

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. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 78 on 04 November 2019 and doubles ranking of No. 102 on 20 August 2018.ATP World Tour Profile
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singles titles and reached the final of the

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in August 2015, losing to

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in three sets.

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.ITF Juniors profile
''ITF Tennis.com'' Retrieved on 29 February 2016. He reached the final of the 2009 Australian Open Boys' Doubles with Mikhail Biryukov, losing to

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and

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in the final.

2013

Uchiyama made his

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debut for

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in February 2013, in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I first round against

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in Tokyo. In the 2014 Davis Cup World Group first round against

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in Tokyo, he played the doubles rubber with partner

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, winning over Canadian pair

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and

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. 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 debut

He qualified on his seventh attempt at the 2019 Japan Open, his home tournament. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/uchiyama-tokyo-2019-feature As a result he reached the top 100 at world No. 87 on 21 October 2019.

Singles performance timeline

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis finals

Singles: 26 (14-12)

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

External links

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Yasutaka Uchiyama
at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uchiyama, Yasutaka 1992 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people