Thai Kwiatkowski and James Kent Trotter will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thai Kwiatkowski is the pick to win this match.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.57
James Kent Trotter -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Thai Kwiatkowski vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Thai Kwiatkowski and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 19-8 | 1-7 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Nick Chappell 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Thai had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kwiatkowski scored 66 points vs Chappell’s 44. Thai was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kwiatkowski bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 70% of his first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (5/15) on the 2nd serve. Kwiatkowski broke Chappell 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kwiatkowski has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (197-139). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kwiatkowski has a composed 31-26 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger.
Thai has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
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. 444, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Zachary Svajda 4-6 6-3 7-61.
In the 1st round against Svajda, Kent recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-61). During the match Kent scored 96 points vs Svajda’s 83. Kent was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Kent buried his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (50/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Svajda once.
The Japanese has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwiatkowski | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 66-44 | 96-83 |
| Total Points | 110 | 179 |
| Winners | 28 | 50 |
| %Winners | 42% | 52% |
Both Kwiatkowski and Kent played 1 match. At the moment, James Kent Trotter lost 1 set while Thai Kwiatkowski hasn’t lost a set so far. Kwiatkowski has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kwiatkowski played 15 games less than Kent. The American scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kent managed to score 50 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwiatkowski | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 22 |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 57/92 |
| %1st in | 70% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 50/57 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 19/35 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 54% |
Kwiatkowski managed to score 6 aces . Kent blasted 22 aces . Kwiatkowski won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kwiatkowski | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 63% | 100% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Thai broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Thai dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kent broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| R1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 66-44 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 35/50 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| R1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 96-83 | 96-83 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 22 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/92 | 57/92 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 50/57 | 50/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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