Colin Sinclair and James Kent Trotter will square off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.36
Colin Sinclair -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Colin Sinclair vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Colin Sinclair and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Colin Sinclair
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 31-25 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 22-14 | 7-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-21 | 22-8 | 14-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 3-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 505, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Ryotaro Tagushi 7-65 7-62.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Tagushi (7-65 7-62). During the match, Sinclair scored 84 points vs Tagushi’s 80. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sinclair scored 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Colin Sinclair lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sinclair put 55% of his first serves in, winning 83% (40/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tagushi twice.
Sinclair has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (170-107). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinclair has an overall7-8 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Sinclair’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Cairo and M25 Cairns.
The Australian has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
James Kent Trotter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-13 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 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. 593 (career-high), the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Yusuke Takahashi 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (6-1 6-3). During the match Kent scored 60 points vs Takahashi’s 33. James was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kent blasted 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James Kent Trotter was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 100% (8/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kent broke Takahashi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Edwardsville.
The Japanese has an aggregate 20-8 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinclair | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 |
| Pts | 84-80 | 60-33 |
| Total Points | 164 | 93 |
| Winners | 40 | 24 |
| %Winners | 48% | 40% |
Both Sinclair 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, Sinclair and Kent have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sinclair played 10 games more than Kent. Colin scored 40 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 24 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinclair | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 29/37 |
| %1st in | 55% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 40/48 | 24/29 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 17/39 | 8/8 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 100% |
Sinclair managed to score 8 aces . Kent made 10 aces . Sinclair won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 100% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinclair | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Sinclair broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kent was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sinclair | |||
| Q1 Tagushi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-80 | 84-80 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 48/87 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 40/48 | 40/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/39 | 17/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-33 | 60-33 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/8 | 8/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 100% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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