Ernesto Escobedo and James Kent Trotter will play each other in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on Court 16. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.35
James Kent Trotter -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-21 | 19-13 | 1-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-17 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-31 | 16-16 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 17-12 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 394, the American reached the qualifications after beating Makoto Ochi 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Ochi (6-3 6-2). During the match, Escobedo scored 68 points vs Ochi’s 49. Escobedo was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escobedo managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ernesto Escobedo was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Escobedo broke Ochi 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Escobedo has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (278-217). 19-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escobedo has an overall 204-138 record in the last years on hard.
Escobedo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Xalapa.
The American has an overall 25-14 win-loss record in 2023, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Escobedo 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. 507, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Yuki Mochizuki 6-78 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications against Mochizuki, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-1). During the match Kent scored 107 points vs Mochizuki’s 86. James was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent blasted 17 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 51% (25/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kent broke Mochizuki 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kent’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Wichita and the Granby Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 |
| Pts | 68-49 | 107-86 |
| Total Points | 117 | 193 |
| Winners | 27 | 42 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Escobedo and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James Kent Trotter surrendered 1 set while Ernesto Escobedo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Escobedo has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (2 vs 3). Therefore, Escobedo played 12 games less than Kent. The American scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, James managed to score 42 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 17 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 52/101 |
| %1st in | 63% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 42/52 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 25/49 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Escobedo blasted 3 aces . Kent blasted 17 aces . Escobedo won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escobedo | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 63% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ernesto pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | |||
| Q1 Ochi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 107-86 | 107-86 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/101 | 52/101 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/49 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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