Kaichi Uchida

Kaichi Uchida (内田 海智) is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Uchida has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 147 achieved on 8 May 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 159 achieved on 28 November 2022.

Uchida has won two Challengers and reached 14 ITF Futures singles finals, where he won the title on 8 occasions. Additionally, he has won one Challenger title and reached 17 ITF Futures doubles finals, and won the title 11 times.

2021: Maiden Challenger title
He won his first career ATP Challenger Tour singles title in December 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he defeated Nicolás Álvarez Varona of Spain.

2022: ATP debut and first win
He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Los Cabos Open as a qualifier.

Having received a wildcard, he recorded his first ATP main-draw match win at the Korea Open defeating wildcard Hong Seong-chan.

2023: Top 150 debut
He reached the top 150 on 24 April 2023.

Davis Cup
In March 2021, Uchida made his debut in the Davis Cup where he represented team Japan on grass courts against team Pakistan. He won the only match that he played, in singles, against Aisam Qureshi in straight sets 6–4, 7–6(7–4). He was meant to play an additional singles match but it became a dead rubber as the match's result wouldn't have changed the outcome of the tie.