James Kent Trotter and Johannus Monday will clash against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Patrick Harper/Johannus MondayHarper/Johannus Monday – Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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