Hiroki Moriya and James Kent Trotter will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.53
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Hiroki Moriya vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Hiroki Moriya and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Hiroki Moriya
16 - 10win/loss
391
143
LWLWWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-29 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-28 | 31-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-28 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 334, Moriya reached the qualifications after beating Ye Cong Mo 7-65 6-2.
In the qualifications, Moriya had a good straight sets win against Cong Mo (7-65 6-2). During the match, Moriya scored 72 points vs Cong Mo’s 62. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moriya recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 44% of his first serves in, winning 58% (18/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (28/40) on the 2nd serve. Moriya broke Cong Mo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Moriya has a unfavourable record in the last 10 years having won only 48% of his matches (250-272). 16-8 on hard in 2024. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moriya has a composed 195-183 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Moriya’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Traralgon.
The Japanese has a compiled 16-10 win-loss record in 2024, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
James Kent Trotter
9 - 8win/loss
198
198
WWWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-21 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 16-5 | 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. 400, James reached the qualifications after defeating Yanki Erel 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Erel (6-4 7-5). During the match Kent scored 69 points vs Erel’s 60. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kent put 53% of his first serves in, winning 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Erel 3 times.
The Japanese has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moriya | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 72-62 | 69-60 |
| Total Points | 134 | 129 |
| Winners | 18 | 32 |
| %Winners | 25% | 46% |
Both Moriya and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moriya and Kent have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Moriya played 1 game less than Kent. The Japanese scored 18 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese struck 32 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moriya | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 31/71 | 36/68 |
| %1st in | 44% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 18/31 | 32/36 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 28/40 | 13/32 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 41% |
Moriya fired 3 aces . Kent blasted 9 aces . Moriya won 58% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moriya | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Hiroki broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Moriya surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moriya | |||
| Q1 Cong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 72-62 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/71 | 31/71 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Erel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 69-60 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/68 | 36/68 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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