James Kent Trotter and Yusuke Takahashi will face off in the qualifications of the Lexington Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 7. 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 2 sets.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.25
Yusuke Takahashi -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Yusuke Takahashi
This will be the 2nd time that James Kent Trotter and Yusuke Takahashi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kent Trotter won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Kobe Challenger back in 2022.
James Kent Trotter
23 - 16win/loss
322
272
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-16 | 16-9 | 1-3 | 6-3 | 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. 322, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Ozan Baris 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Baris (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 58 points vs Baris’s 42. James was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James Kent Trotter was very efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Baris 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kent Trotter has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (72-52). 16-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kent Trotter has an overall49-31 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Tyler Challenger where he beat Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Kent Trotter has a composed 23-16 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-14 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 33-28 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-22 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-23 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 475, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Kiranpal Pannu 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Pannu (6-2 6-4). During the match Takahashi scored 75 points vs Pannu’s 62. Yusuke was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Takahashi made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Pannu 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Japanese has a compiled 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 |
| Pts | 58-42 | 75-62 |
| Total Points | 100 | 137 |
| Winners | 26 | 28 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Both Kent Trotter and Takahashi 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 Takahashi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kent Trotter played 1 game less than Takahashi. Kent Trotter scored 26 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Takahashi scored 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 41/66 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 28/41 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 52% |
Kent Trotter blasted 3 aces . Takahashi bagged 3 aces . Kent Trotter won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 68% of the points behind 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 | Kent Trotter | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. James extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Yusuke broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kent Trotter | |||
| Q1 Baris | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 58-42 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Pannu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 75-62 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 41/66 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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