Blake Ellis and James Kent Trotter will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 16. 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 -> 1.42
Blake Ellis -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Blake Ellis vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Blake Ellis and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-15 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, Blake reached the 1st round after defeating Jie Cui 6-1 6-4 and Rio Noguchi 6-4 0-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Blake defeated Noguchi (6-4 0-6 7-5).During the match, Ellis scored less points (16) than Noguchi. In fact, the world no. 415 won 82 points vs Noguchi’s. That means that Ellis was more focused during the important points. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ellis made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Blake Ellis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Ellis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Blake broke Noguchi 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 49% of the points he played.
Ellis has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (171-130). 38-23 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ellis has a compiled136-111 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Blake’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Mysuru and M25 Darwin.
Blake has an overall 45-26 win-loss record in 2023, 38-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Blake has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 11-6 | 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. 556, Kent got to the 1st round after beating Yuki Mochizuki 6-78 6-3 6-1 and Ernesto Escobedo 2-6 6-4 7-68.
In the qualifications against Escobedo, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-68). During the match Kent scored 98 points vs Escobedo’s 94. Kent was extremely aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Kent bagged 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kent put 67% of his first serves in, winning 84% (54/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Kent broke Escobedo once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kent started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Kent’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Wichita and the Granby Challenger.
James has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ellis | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 60 |
| Pts | 143-146 | 205-180 |
| Total Points | 289 | 385 |
| Winners | 61 | 96 |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% |
Both Ellis and Kent played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Blake Ellis dropped 1 set, while James Kent Trotter surrendered 2 sets. Ellis has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (5 vs 6). Therefore, Ellis played 15 games less than Kent. Ellis scored 61 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kent managed to score 96 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ellis | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 36 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 18 |
| 1st in | 88/153 | 116/196 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 61/88 | 96/116 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 30/65 | 38/80 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 48% |
Ellis scored 14 aces (7 per match). Kent blasted 36 aces (18 per match). Ellis won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ellis | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 58% | 55% |
| Conceded | 18 | 10 |
| Saved | 13 | 7 |
| % Saved | 72% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Blake broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ellis | ||||
| Q1 Cui |
Q3 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 0-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 45 | |
| pts | 61-48 | 82-98 | 143-146 | |
| Total points | 109 | 180 | 289 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 51/95 | 88/153 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 35/51 | 61/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 19/44 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 43% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 8/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Kent | ||||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Q3 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-1 | 2-6 6-4 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 31 | 60 | |
| pts | 107-86 | 98-94 | 205-180 | |
| Total points | 193 | 192 | 385 | |
| Winners | 42 | 54 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 55% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/101 | 64/95 | 116/196 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 67% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 54/64 | 96/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/49 | 13/31 | 38/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 42% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 1/3 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 33% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 1/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 33% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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