Hayato Matsuoka and James Kent Trotter will square off in the qualifications of the Vancouver Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.666
Hayato Matsuoka -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Hayato Matsuoka vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Hayato Matsuoka and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Hayato Matsuoka
24 - 20win/loss
243
243
LWLLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-25 | 31-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-30 | 31-23 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-26 | 26-15 | 13-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-13 | 10-9 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328 (career-high), Matsuoka reached the qualifications after defeating Guillaume Dalmasso 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Matsuoka had a good straight sets win against Dalmasso (6-4 6-4). During the match, Matsuoka scored 77 points vs Dalmasso’s 61. Matsuoka was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Matsuoka scored just 1 ace in the match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Hayato Matsuoka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Matsuoka broke Dalmasso 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Matsuoka has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (119-92). 23-17 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Matsuoka has an overall90-65 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Japanese has an overall 24-19 win-loss record in 2026, 23-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vancouver Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
15 - 16win/loss
462
170
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-21 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-26 | 16-15 | 3-3 | 6-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-23 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 21-7 | 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 |
Ranked no. 442, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Mikael Arseneault 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Arseneault, Kent recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-3). During the match Kent scored 108 points vs Arseneault’s 93. James was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Kent Trotter was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 70% (28/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Arseneault 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Japanese has an overall 14-16 win-loss record in 2026, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Matsuoka | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 31 |
| Pts | 77-61 | 108-93 |
| Total Points | 138 | 201 |
| Winners | 29 | 42 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Matsuoka and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James Kent Trotter dropped 1 set while Hayato Matsuoka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Matsuoka has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (2 vs 3). Therefore, Matsuoka played 11 games less than Kent. Hayato scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, James fired 42 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Matsuoka | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 56/96 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 42/56 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 28/40 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 70% |
Matsuoka bagged 1 ace . Kent also struck 3 aces . Matsuoka won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Matsuoka | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 36% | 30% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. James was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Matsuoka | |||
| Q1 Dalmasso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 77-61 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Arseneault |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-93 | 108-93 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/96 | 56/96 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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