Elmar Ejupovic and James Kent Trotter will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.87
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 10-3 |
Ranked no. 337, Elmar reached the qualifications after beating Alex Rybakov 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ejupovic defeated Rybakov (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, Ejupovic scored 92 points vs Rybakov’s 86. Elmar was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic made 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (11/31) on the 2nd serve. Ejupovic broke Rybakov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Ejupovic has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (335-237). 7-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ejupovic has an overall 62-46 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The German’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sarajevo.
The German has an overall 28-29 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Ejupovic has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 535, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Alexander Bernard 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Bernard (6-1 6-4). During the match Kent scored 60 points vs Bernard’s 39. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kent put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (23/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. James broke Bernard 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Kent’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Wichita and the Granby Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 |
| Pts | 92-86 | 60-39 |
| Total Points | 178 | 99 |
| Winners | 43 | 23 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Ejupovic and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elmar Ejupovic dropped 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t lost a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set more than Kent (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ejupovic played 11 games more than Kent. The German scored 43 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kent struck 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 8 |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 23/29 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 11/31 | 9/20 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 45% |
Ejupovic fired 7 aces . Kent bagged 8 aces . Ejupovic won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 83% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Elmar broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ejupovic lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 92-86 | 92-86 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/31 | 11/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Bernard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-39 | 60-39 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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