Nathan Ponwith and James Kent Trotter will face off in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.23
Nathan Ponwith -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Nathan Ponwith vs. James Kent Trotter
This will be the 3rd time that Nathan Ponwith and James Kent Trotter square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kent (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kent won 6-3 7-6(1) in the 1st round in the Granby Challenger back in July 2023.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 13-10 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 487, Nathan reached the qualifications after beating Kazuma Kawachi 6-74 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications against Kawachi, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 7-5). During the match, Ponwith scored 125 points vs Kawachi’s 115. Nathan was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ponwith recorded 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nathan Ponwith lost the serve once and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Ponwith put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (55/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (33/46) on the 2nd serve. Nathan broke Kawachi 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Ponwith has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (132-109). 18-24 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ponwith has an aggregate102-80 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Ponwith’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Wesley Chapel and M25 Calabasas.
Ponwith has an aggregate 22-31 win-loss record in 2023, 18-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
The American 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. 533, James reached the qualifications after beating Koki Matsuda 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Matsuda (6-1 6-1). During the match Kent scored 53 points vs Matsuda’s 27. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Kent Trotter was very effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Matsuda 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Wichita and the Granby Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 16-12 win-loss record in 2023, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ponwith | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 14 |
| Pts | 125-115 | 53-27 |
| Total Points | 240 | 80 |
| Winners | 55 | 20 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Ponwith and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nathan Ponwith conceded 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ponwith has played 1 set more than Kent (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ponwith played 21 games more than Kent. Nathan scored 55 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, James scored 20 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ponwith | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 87/133 | 25/42 |
| %1st in | 65% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 55/87 | 20/25 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 33/46 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 59% |
Ponwith bagged 10 aces . Kent bagged 4 aces . Ponwith won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ponwith | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 30% | 71% |
| Conceded | 15 | 0 |
| Saved | 14 | 0 |
| % Saved | 93% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ponwith dropped his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Kent was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ponwith | |||
| Q1 Kawachi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 125-115 | 125-115 | |
| Total points | 240 | 240 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 87/133 | 87/133 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 55/87 | 55/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 14/15 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 93% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Matsuda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-27 | 53-27 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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