James Trotter vs Kaito UesugiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Shanghai Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- 1st Round Qualifying
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 6 · 4:30 AM ET
Book odds
James Kent Trotter meets Kaito Uesugi in the first round of qualifying at the Shanghai Challenger on September 6 over hard court. Trotter holds the 464th ranking and comes in off back-to-back wins, while Uesugi sits at 1394 and arrives on a two-match losing streak.
The two have never played. Common opponents show a split record. Trotter has won 3 of 5 meetings against shared foes; Uesugi won the other two. On hard court, Trotter has gone 10-10 in his recent sample while Uesugi has posted 7-13 over the same span. Trotter won 3 of his last 5 matches. Uesugi has won 1 of his last 5.
Trotter relies on his serve to dominate points and generate quick holds. Uesugi counters through angles and timing, feeding off the pace his opponent creates. The match will turn on whether Trotter can convert his service games into set control or whether Uesugi's reactive game finds rhythm to break serve and steal the initiative.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Trotter | Uesugi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | James Trotter | Kaito Uesugi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 62% | 13/21 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins a set when losing | 56% | 9/16 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 46% | 17/37 | 50% | 4/8 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 29% | 7/24 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 75% | 6/8 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 47% | 9/19 | 33% | 2/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 17/20 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 13/20 | 0% | 0/4 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Trotter
🤖 Servebot
Uesugi
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 3,255 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward James Trotter.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Trotter and Uesugi have never faced each other on tour.
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Trotter | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.51 | 4.15 |
| ROI % | -41.2% | +137.5% |
| Units P/L | -2.47u | +2.75u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Trotter | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 2 | 1 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | CHN | CHN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Trotter and Uesugi posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Trotter | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| Kasidit Samrej | L 64 36 46 | L 67 67 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
Zhangjiagang Challenger · Quarterfinals
Sep 4
Yu Hsiou Hsu
Zhangjiagang Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Hayato Matsuoka
Vancouver Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 28
Mikael Arseneault
Vancouver Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 27
Kokoro Isomura
Winnipeg Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Guillaume Dalmasso
Winnipeg Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 19
Benjamin Thomas George
Granby Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 13
Jared Horwood
Granby Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 12
Koki Matsuda
Zhangjiagang Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 30
Luca Potenza
Targu Mures Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Maxime Janvier
Targu Mures Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 21
Yuta Kikuchi
Yokohama · 1st Round Qualifying
Nov 16
Uisung Park
Taipei · 1st Round Qualifying
Nov 2
Masamichi Imamura
Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 26
Kasidit Samrej
Suzhou · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 19
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Guangzhou (Huangpu) · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–37 matches
| Metric | Trotter | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 13% |
| Sets won | 56% | 25% |
| Games won | 52% | 44% |