James Kent Trotter and Naoki Nakagawa will fight against each other in the final of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.42
Naoki Nakagawa -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Naoki Nakagawa

There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Naoki Nakagawa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 295, the Japanese got to the final after defeating Aidan Mayo 4-6 6-2 6-2, Patrick Zahraj 7-6(5) 6-4, Ernesto Escobedo 7-6(3) 6-2 and Nishesh Basavareddy 6-7(4) 6-1 6-0.

In the semifinal against Basavareddy, Kent Trotter recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-1 6-0). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 91 points vs Basavareddy’s 60. James was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter fired 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Basavareddy 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kent Trotter has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Kent Trotter has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (79-54). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an aggregate24-14 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3).

James has a composed 30-18 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Naoki Nakagawa

Ranked no. 429, the Japanese reached the final after defeating Jack Pinnington Jones 7-6(1) 6-4, Alexander Bernard 6-2 6-3, Christopher Eubanks 2-6 7-6(4) 7-6(4) and Kyle Edmund 7-6(5) 0-6 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Japanese defeated Edmund (7-6⁵ 0-6 6-2).During the match Nakagawa scored less points (13) than Edmund. In fact, the world no. 295 won 84 points vs Edmund’s. That means that Nakagawa was more focused during the important points. Nakagawa was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Nakagawa fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Naoki Nakagawa lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nakagawa put 53% of his first serves in, winning 56% (31/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (23/48) on the 2nd serve. Nakagawa broke Edmund 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nakagawa has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

Nakagawa’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sapporo.

Nakagawa has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Nakagawa
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	10
Tot Games	96	101
Pts	341-262	328-326
Total Points	603	654
Winners	124	122
%Winners	36%	37%

Both Kent Trotter and Nakagawa played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Kent Trotter dropped 2 sets, while Naoki Nakagawa conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Kent Trotter and Nakagawa have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Kent Trotter played 5 games less than Nakagawa. Kent Trotter scored 124 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 122 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Nakagawa
Aces	40	29
Avg per match	10	7.3
1st in	160/277	176/336
%1st in	58%	52%
1st pts	124/160	122/176
%1st pts	78%	69%
2nd pts	73/117	82/160
%2nd pts	62%	51%

Kent Trotter blasted 40 aces (10 per match). Nakagawa fired 29 aces (7.3 per match). Kent Trotter won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Nakagawa won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Nakagawa
Won	16	13
Converted	16/32	13/24
% Converted	50%	54%
Conceded	14	26
Saved	10	15
% Saved	71%	58%
Times Broken	4	11

Kent Trotter broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Naoki broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Mayo	R2 Zahraj	1/4 Escobedo	1/2 Basavareddy	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2	7-65 6-4	7-63 6-2	6-74 6-1 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	26	23	21	26	96
pts	91-70	80-64	79-68	91-60	341-262
Total points	161	144	147	151	603
Winners	36	23	31	34	124
%Winners	40%	29%	39%	37%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	8	13	13	40
Double Faults	5	2	3	3	13
1st in	44/74	28/63	47/73	41/67	160/277
% 1st in	59%	44%	64%	61%	58%
1st pts	36/44	23/28	31/47	34/41	124/160
% 1st pts	82%	82%	66%	83%	78%
2nd pts	18/30	26/35	15/26	14/26	73/117
% 2nd pts	60%	74%	58%	54%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	7	16
Converted	4/5	2/6	3/7	7/14	16/32
Converted %	80%	33%	43%	50%	50%
Conceded	3	1	6	4	14
Saved	2/3	0/1	5/6	3/4	10
Saved %	67%	0%	83%	75%	56%
Times Broken	1	1	1	1	4

Nakagawa
	R1 Pinnington	R2 Bernard	1/4 Eubanks	1/2 Edmund	Total
Score	7-61 6-4	6-2 6-3	2-6 7-64 7-64	7-65 0-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	23	17	34	27	101
pts	73-70	65-50	106-109	84-97	328-326
Total points	143	115	215	181	654
Winners	24	24	43	31	122
%Winners	33%	37%	41%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	9	6	29
Double Faults	2	2	1	2	7
1st in	36/74	29/55	56/104	55/103	176/336
% 1st in	49%	53%	54%	53%	52%
1st pts	24/36	24/29	43/56	31/55	122/176
% 1st pts	67%	83%	77%	56%	69%
2nd pts	19/38	11/26	29/48	23/48	82/160
% 2nd pts	50%	42%	60%	48%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	5	0	4	13
Converted	4/5	5/9	0/5	4/5	13/24
Converted %	80%	56%	0%	80%	54%
Conceded	8	4	4	10	26
Saved	5/8	3/4	2/4	5/10	15
Saved %	63%	75%	50%	50%	60%
Times Broken	3	1	2	5	11

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

• Hans Hach Verdugo/James Kent TrotterHach Verdugo/James Kent Trotter – Christian Harrison/Ethan QuinnHarrison/Ethan Quinn (6-4 6-7⁶ 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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