Robert Strombachs and James Kent Trotter will face off in the qualifications of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Kent Trotter who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.45
Robert Strombachs -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Robert Strombachs vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Robert Strombachs and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-26 | 4-4 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 342, Robert got to the qualifications after beating Alexis Gautier 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Gautier (6-3 6-3). During the match, Strombachs scored 66 points vs Gautier’s 51. Robert was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Strombachs fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Robert Strombachs lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Robert broke Gautier 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Strombachs has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (237-152). 5-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Strombachs has a composed24-25 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Strombachs has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Robert has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-20 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-13 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-11 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 424 (career-high), Kent got to the qualifications after defeating Mark Lajal 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-4 6-4). During the match Kent scored 67 points vs Lajal’s 53. James was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Kent Trotter was quite effective on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Lajal twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The Japanese has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Strombachs | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 66-51 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 117 | 120 |
| Winners | 28 | 27 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Strombachs and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Strombachs and Kent have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Strombachs played 2 games less than Kent. Robert scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, James fired 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Strombachs | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 30/53 |
| %1st in | 69% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 27/30 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 15/23 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 65% |
Strombachs bagged 3 aces . Kent managed to score 8 aces . Strombachs won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Strombachs | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Strombachs broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Robert lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Strombachs | |||
| Q1 Gautier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 66-51 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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