Kalin Ivanovski 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 compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kalin Ivanovski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kalin Ivanovski is the pick to win this match.
Kalin Ivanovski -> 1.8
James Kent Trotter -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Kalin Ivanovski vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Kalin Ivanovski and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kalin Ivanovski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-11 | 19-12 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-21 | 23-12 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, Ivanovski got to the qualifications after beating Ryuki Matsuda 6-72 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Matsuda, Kalin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 6-2). During the match, Ivanovski scored 104 points vs Matsuda’s 81. Kalin was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ivanovski made 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kalin Ivanovski was very efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kalin broke Matsuda 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Ivanovski has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (80-63). 11-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ivanovski has a compiled11-7 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Kalin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Kursumlijska Banja,M25 Skopje and M25 Kramsach.
The Malawian has an aggregate 46-27 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Kalin has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 reached the qualifications after defeating Colin Sinclair 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kent had a good straight sets win against Sinclair (6-4 7-5). During the match Kent scored 68 points vs Sinclair’s 56. Kent was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Sinclair 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
James’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Wichita and the Granby Challenger.
Kent has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivanovski | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 |
| Pts | 104-81 | 68-56 |
| Total Points | 185 | 124 |
| Winners | 39 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% |
Both Ivanovski and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kalin Ivanovski conceded 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ivanovski has played 1 set more than Kent (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ivanovski played 7 games more than Kent. Ivanovski scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kent made 30 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivanovski | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 7 |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 38/61 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 30/38 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 57% |
Ivanovski bagged 14 aces . Kent blasted 7 aces . Ivanovski won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% 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 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivanovski | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 38% | 75% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Malawian broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kalin conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivanovski | |||
| Q1 Matsuda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 104-81 | 104-81 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 55/84 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Sinclair |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 68-56 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/61 | 38/61 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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