Zizou Bergs and James Kent Trotter will fight against each other in the quarter of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.41
James Kent Trotter -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Zizou got to the quarter after beating Altug Celikbilek 5-7 6-2 6-4 and Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-3). During the match, Bergs scored 62 points vs Uchida’s 46. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zizou Bergs conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 67% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Bergs broke Uchida 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (251-151). 5-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bergs has a compiled66-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he beat Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Drummondville Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 6-4 7-5.
Zizou has a compiled 35-27 win-loss record in 2023, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Zizou 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. 540, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Koki Matsuda 6-1 6-1, Nathan Ponwith 6-1 6-2, Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-65 6-2 and Omar Jasika 2-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Jasika, Kent recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Kent scored 81 points vs Jasika’s 75. Kent was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was very effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kent broke Jasika 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
James’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Wichita and the Granby Challenger.
James has an aggregate 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 15-9 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 76 |
| Pts | 170-143 | 265-204 |
| Total Points | 313 | 469 |
| Winners | 71 | 113 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Bergs played 2 matches while Kent competed in 4 matches. Kent started his run from the qualifications while Bergs had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs lost 1 set, while James Kent Trotter surrendered 1 set. Bergs has played 4 set(s) less than Kent (5 vs 9). Therefore, Bergs played 27 games less than Kent. Zizou scored 71 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kent recorded 113 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 95/141 | 140/249 |
| %1st in | 67% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 71/95 | 113/140 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 57/109 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Bergs made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kent fired 22 aces (5.5 per match). Bergs won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 15 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 15/23 |
| % Converted | 38% | 65% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Bergs broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Zizou surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 15 times with a 65% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Celikbilek |
R2 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 | 49 | |
| pts | 108-97 | 62-46 | 170-143 | |
| Total points | 205 | 108 | 313 | |
| Winners | 42 | 29 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 33/49 | 95/141 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 29/33 | 71/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 88% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 8/16 | 23/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 3/5 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 60% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kent | ||||||
| Q1 Matsuda |
Q3 Ponwith |
R1 Hsiou Hsu |
R2 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 7-65 6-2 | 2-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 76 | |
| pts | 53-27 | 55-34 | 76-68 | 81-75 | 265-204 | |
| Total points | 80 | 89 | 144 | 156 | 469 | |
| Winners | 20 | 24 | 36 | 33 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% | 47% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 28/46 | 41/76 | 46/85 | 140/249 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 61% | 54% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 24/28 | 36/41 | 33/46 | 113/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 86% | 88% | 72% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/18 | 14/35 | 23/39 | 57/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 56% | 40% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 15/23 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 57% | 60% | 75% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 75% | 60% | 118% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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