James Kent Trotter and Govind Nanda will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Calgary Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on ROGERS COURT. 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
Govind Nanda -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Govind Nanda

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

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 256 (career-high), Kent Trotter got to the 2^nd round after beating Borna Gojo 5-7 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Gojo, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 93 points vs Gojo’s 85. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter made 17 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was extremely effective on serve to win 93% (43/46) of his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Gojo twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Kent Trotter has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (80-56). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an aggregate25-15 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

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

James has an aggregate 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Calgary Challenger

Kent Trotter has never competed in this tournament before.

Govind Nanda

Ranked no. 743, Govind got to the 2^nd round after defeating Collin Altamirano 7-6(1) 6-2, Patrick Zahraj 7-5 6-0 and Tim Handel 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Govind had a good straight sets win against Handel (6-4 6-2). During the match Nanda scored 64 points vs Handel’s 46. Govind was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Nanda bagged 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Govind Nanda was very effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Govind broke Handel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Nanda’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Lakewood.

The American has an overall 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Nanda
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	32	57
Pts	93-85	203-130
Total Points	178	333
Winners	43	69
%Winners	46%	34%

Kent Trotter played 1 match while Nanda competed in 3 matches. Nanda started his run from the qualifications while Kent Trotter had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James Kent Trotter surrendered 1 set while Govind Nanda hasn’t lost a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 3 set(s) less than Nanda (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 25 games less than Nanda. Kent Trotter scored 43 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Nanda managed to score 69 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Nanda
Aces	17	6
Avg per match	17	2
1st in	46/84	84/154
%1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	43/46	69/84
%1st pts	93%	82%
2nd pts	21/38	44/70
%2nd pts	55%	63%

Kent Trotter fired 17 aces . Nanda managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Kent Trotter won 93% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Nanda won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Nanda
Won	2	13
Converted	2/6	13/22
% Converted	33%	59%
Conceded	3	9
Saved	2	5
% Saved	67%	56%
Times Broken	1	4

The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Govind broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Govind conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Gojo	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	93-85	93-85
Total points	178	178
Winners	43	43
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	17	17
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	46/84	46/84
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	43/46	43/46
% 1st pts	93%	93%
2nd pts	21/38	21/38
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Nanda
	Q1 Altamirano	Q3 Zahraj	R1 Handel	Total
Score	7-61 6-2	7-5 6-0	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	18	18	57
pts	76-49	63-35	64-46	203-130
Total points	125	98	110	333
Winners	21	27	21	69
%Winners	28%	43%	33%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	4	6
Double Faults	2	0	4	6
1st in	26/58	32/45	26/51	84/154
% 1st in	45%	71%	51%	55%
1st pts	21/26	27/32	21/26	69/84
% 1st pts	81%	84%	81%	82%
2nd pts	22/32	7/13	15/25	44/70
% 2nd pts	69%	54%	60%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/6	5/8	4/8	13/22
Converted %	67%	63%	50%	59%
Conceded	6	1	2	9
Saved	4/6	0/1	1/2	5
Saved %	67%	0%	50%	117%
Times Broken	2	1	1	4

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