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

Hiroki Moriya

16 - 10win/loss

Hard
16-8
I Hard
0-0
Grass
0-2
Rank
415
High
143
LWLLLLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-17 19-15 0-0 0-0 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

Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Moriya's Record

James Kent Trotter

James Kent Trotter

9 - 8win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
6-3
Clay
1-3
Rank
279
High
272
WWWWWLWWLW
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. 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.

Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Kent's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Moriya
J.Kent Trotter
1h:46
1h:46
Time on court​
1h:40
1h:40
1h:46
1h:46
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
72
72
Total points​
69
69
72
72
Avg point​
69
69
18
18
Winners
32
32
18
18
Avg Winners​
32
32
25%
25%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
9
9
3
3
Avg Aces
9
9
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
18/31
18/31
1st won total​
32/36
32/36
58%
58%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
28/40
28/40
2nd won total​
13/32
13/32
!
70%
70%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
BP won
3/3
3/3
4/6
4/6
Avg BP won
3/3
3/3
!
67%
67%
Won
!
100%
100%
7
7
Conceded
2
2
7
7
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
1
1

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

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