Yasutaka Uchiyama | Bio | ATP Tour

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.