James Kent Trotter and Johannus Monday will clash against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.66
Johannus Monday -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Johannus Monday
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Johannus Monday since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
38 - 22win/loss
193
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LWWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-23 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 21-7 | 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. 198 (career-high), the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Kenta Miyoshi 6-4 6-4 and Mitchell Krueger 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, James had a good straight sets win against Krueger (7-5 6-2). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 77 points vs Krueger’s 63. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter struck 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kent Trotter put 57% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Krueger 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kent Trotter has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (87-57). 18-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an overall32-16 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tyler Challenger where he beat Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and the Charlottesville Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-3 6-4.
James has an aggregate 38-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Johannus Monday
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-7 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-6 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416 (career-high), Johannus got to the quarter after defeating Nicolas Mejia 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Patrick Kypson 3-6 6-3 7-6(7).
In the 2nd round against Kypson, Johannus recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-67). During the match Monday scored 93 points vs Kypson’s 92. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Monday recorded 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Johannus Monday was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (52/69) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Kypson once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Johannus has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Monday’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 East Lansing,M25 Louisville,M25 Harlingen and M25 Norman.
The Brit has an aggregate 28-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 59 |
| Pts | 143-121 | 191-180 |
| Total Points | 264 | 371 |
| Winners | 59 | 103 |
| %Winners | 41% | 54% |
Both Kent Trotter and Monday played 2 matches. At the moment, Johannus Monday lost 2 sets while James Kent Trotter hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 2 set(s) less than Monday (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 19 games less than Monday. James scored 59 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Johannus fired 103 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 71/123 | 137/191 |
| %1st in | 58% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 59/71 | 103/137 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/52 | 31/54 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Kent Trotter managed to score 25 aces (12.5 per match). Monday scored 26 aces (13 per match). Kent Trotter won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Monday won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kent Trotter | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 37% | 27% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Monday broke his opponents 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Johannus conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kent Trotter | ||||
| R1 Miyoshi |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 66-58 | 77-63 | 143-121 | |
| Total points | 124 | 140 | 264 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 10 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 39/68 | 71/123 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/32 | 30/39 | 59/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 77% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 12/29 | 25/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 41% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/12 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 42% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Monday | ||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 | 59 | |
| pts | 98-88 | 93-92 | 191-180 | |
| Total points | 186 | 185 | 371 | |
| Winners | 51 | 52 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 56% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 69/93 | 137/191 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 74% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 52/69 | 103/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 15/24 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 1/4 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 75% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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