James Kent Trotter and Hyeon Chung will face off in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hyeon Chung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hyeon Chung is the pick to win this match.
Hyeon Chung -> 1.53
James Kent Trotter -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Hyeon Chung
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Hyeon Chung since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
10 - 9win/loss
170
170
LWLLLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-10 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 170 (career-high), James got to the 2nd round after defeating Viktor Durasovic 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Durasovic, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-3). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 104 points vs Durasovic’s 96. James was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter recorded 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. James Kent Trotter was very effective on serve to win 80% (52/65) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kent Trotter broke Durasovic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kent Trotter has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (100-68). 8-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kent Trotter has an overall60-40 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Kent Trotter has a compiled 10-9 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Hyeon Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-6 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 438, Hyeon got to the 2nd round after beating Constant Lestienne 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hyeon had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (6-1 6-4). During the match Chung scored 69 points vs Lestienne’s 46. Hyeon was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Chung scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Hyeon Chung lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chung put 55% of his first serves in, winning 60% (18/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Hyeon broke Lestienne 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).
Hyeon’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Luan,Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.
Hyeon has an overall 20-4 win-loss record in 2025, 20-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 |
| Pts | 104-96 | 69-46 |
| Total Points | 200 | 115 |
| Winners | 52 | 18 |
| %Winners | 50% | 26% |
Both Kent Trotter and Chung played 1 match. At the moment, James Kent Trotter surrendered 1 set while Hyeon Chung hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set more than Chung (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 15 games more than Chung. James scored 52 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Chung scored 18 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1 |
| 1st in | 65/104 | 30/55 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 18/30 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 11/25 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 44% |
Kent Trotter struck 9 aces . Chung fired 1 ace . Kent Trotter won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Chung won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kent Trotter | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
James broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Korean broke his opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kent Trotter | |||
| R1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 104-96 | 104-96 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 65/104 | 65/104 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Chung | |||
| R1 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-46 | 69-46 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 30/55 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-61 ret.) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yi ZhouZhou (7-62 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Li TuTu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Uisung ParkPark – Yunseong ChungChung (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-612 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Hyeon ChungChung – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-7(5) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6(12) 6-3) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(1) ret.) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yi ZhouZhou (7-6(2) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Uisung ParkPark – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
