Maks Kasnikowski and James Kent Trotter will face off in the 1st round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Stadium. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maks Kasnikowski who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maks Kasnikowski is the pick to win this match.
Maks Kasnikowski -> 1.38
James Kent Trotter -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Maks Kasnikowski vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Maks Kasnikowski and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Maks Kasnikowski
45 - 27win/loss
213
168
LWWWLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-27 | 18-12 | 22-12 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-16 | 9-6 | 9-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-28 | 6-8 | 22-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213, the Pole will start his run in the Sioux Falls Challenger after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Dzumhur in the semifinal on the 17th of October.
Maks has an aggregate 45-27 win-loss record in 2026, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Pole’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Bol.
Talking about his overall career, The Pole has an overall 210-127 record. He has a positive 42-21 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
James Kent Trotter
23 - 22win/loss
551
170
WWLLLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-22 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-26 | 16-15 | 3-3 | 6-5 | 4-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 551, James got to the 1st round after defeating Trevor Svajda 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Ozan Baris 7-6(3) 6-7(6) 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kent defeated Baris (7-63 6-76 7-5). During the match Kent scored 121 points vs Baris’s 109. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent managed to score 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was quite effective on serve to win 86% (56/65) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Baris twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Sioux Falls Challenger - James Kent Trotter's projected path
The Japanese has an overall 23-22 win-loss record in 2026, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Sioux Falls Challenger
- Kaylan BigunBigun – Andres MartinMartin (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mees RottgeringRottgering – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel MilavskyMilavsky – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dylan DietrichDietrich – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Andres AndradeAndrade (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
