James Kent Trotter and Hikaru Shiraishi will face off in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.47
Hikaru Shiraishi -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Hikaru Shiraishi
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Hikaru Shiraishi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
12 - 11win/loss
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LLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-20 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 10-4 | 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. 390 (career-high), Kent Trotter reached the qualifications after defeating Cing-Yang Meng 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Meng (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 54 points vs Meng’s 31. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James Kent Trotter was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Meng 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Kent Trotter has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (61-47). 5-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kent Trotter has a composed38-27 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
James has a compiled 12-11 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Hikaru Shiraishi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 18-9 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-22 | 50-21 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-6 | 18-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 496, Hikaru reached the qualifications after defeating Yan Cheng Chen 6-4 7-66.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Cheng Chen (6-4 7-66). During the match Shiraishi scored 80 points vs Cheng Chen’s 71. Hikaru was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Shiraishi made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hikaru Shiraishi lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shiraishi put 56% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Hikaru broke Cheng Chen twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Shiraishi’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.
The Japanese has a compiled 14-3 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Shiraishi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 |
| Pts | 54-31 | 80-71 |
| Total Points | 85 | 151 |
| Winners | 25 | 33 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Kent Trotter and Shiraishi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kent Trotter and Shiraishi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kent Trotter played 8 games less than Shiraishi. The Japanese scored 25 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Shiraishi recorded 33 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Shiraishi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 40/72 |
| %1st in | 68% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 33/40 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Kent Trotter blasted 9 aces . Shiraishi blasted 3 aces . Kent Trotter won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Shiraishi won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kent Trotter | Shiraishi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kent Trotter quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Shiraishi broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kent Trotter | |||
| Q1 Meng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-31 | 54-31 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shiraishi | |||
| Q1 Cheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-71 | 80-71 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/72 | 40/72 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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