James Kent Trotter and Kenta Miyoshi will square off in the 1st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Kent Trotter who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.27
Kenta Miyoshi -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Kenta Miyoshi
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Kenta Miyoshi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
36 - 21win/loss
198
198
WWWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-21 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 16-5 | 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. 198 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he won the title in the Charlottesville Challenger after beating 6-3 6-4 Basavareddy in the final.
James has a compiled 36-21 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and the Charlottesville Challenger where he defeated Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-3 6-4.
Kent Trotter won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Kent Trotter has an overall 85-57 record. He has a positive 30-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Kent Trotter has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenta Miyoshi
21 - 10win/loss
802
800
WWLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-10 | 12-6 | 2-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-11 | 7-9 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 802, the Japanese reached the 1st round after beating Bruno Kuzuhara 6-2 6-2 and Andre Ilagan 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Ilagan, Kenta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-2). During the match Miyoshi scored 103 points vs Ilagan’s 88. Kenta was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Miyoshi made 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kenta Miyoshi lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Miyoshi put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Miyoshi broke Ilagan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Japanese has an aggregate 21-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 2-6 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karue SellSell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Micah BraswellBraswell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
