Brandon Holt and James Kent Trotter will face off in the final of the Tyler Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.66
James Kent Trotter -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. James Kent Trotter

There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 299, the American reached the final after beating Yusuke Takahashi 6-2 5-7 6-1, Mitchell Krueger 1-6 7-6⁴ 7-6⁴, Alexis Galarneau 3-6 6-3 6-1 and Liam Draxl 6-4 7-5.

In the semifinal, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-4 7-5). During the match, Holt scored 77 points vs Draxl’s 66. The American was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Holt blasted 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Draxl 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Holt has dropped 3 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (160-99). 27-12 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Holt has a composed142-81 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger and M25 Bakersfield.

Holt has a composed 28-14 win-loss record in 2024, 27-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tyler Challenger

Holt has never competed in this tournament before.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 371 (career-high), James got to the final after defeating Trevor Svajda 6-4 7-6⁵, Christian Langmo 6-3 6-4, Abedallah Shelbayh 6-2 7-5 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-2 4-6 7-6⁴.

In the semifinal, The Japanese defeated Lam Coleman Wong (6-2 4-6 7-6⁴

). During the match Kent scored 115 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 106. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Kent bagged 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Japanese broke Lam Coleman Wong 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kent has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tyler Challenger.

The Japanese has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Holt	Kent
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	9
Tot Games	107	93
Pts	372-337	332-281
Total Points	709	613
Winners	147	135
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Holt and Kent played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Holt surrendered 3 sets, while James Kent Trotter dropped 1 set. Holt has played 2 sets more than Kent (11 vs 9). Therefore, Holt played 14 games more than Kent. The American scored 147 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, James fired 135 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Holt	Kent
Aces	20	31
Avg per match	5	7.8
1st in	221/353	170/299
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	147/221	135/170
%1st pts	67%	79%
2nd pts	67/132	65/129
%2nd pts	51%	50%

Holt blasted 20 aces (5 per match). Kent blasted 31 aces (7.8 per match). Holt won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Holt	Kent
Won	19	14
Converted	19/36	14/36
% Converted	53%	39%
Conceded	38	27
Saved	25	20
% Saved	66%	74%
Times Broken	13	7

The American broke his opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. Brandon lost his serve 13 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Holt
	R1 Takahashi	R2 Krueger	1/4 Galarneau	1/2 Draxl	Total
Score	6-2 5-7 6-1	1-6 7-64 7-64	3-6 6-3 6-1	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	3	2	11
Tot Games	27	33	25	22	107
pts	100-75	109-115	86-81	77-66	372-337
Total points	175	224	167	143	709
Winners	39	40	37	31	147
%Winners	39%	37%	43%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	6	5	8	20
Double Faults	1	2	4	0	7
1st in	57/90	61/106	57/89	46/68	221/353
% 1st in	63%	58%	64%	68%	63%
1st pts	39/57	40/61	37/57	31/46	147/221
% 1st pts	68%	66%	65%	67%	67%
2nd pts	16/33	24/45	15/32	12/22	67/132
% 2nd pts	48%	53%	47%	55%	51%
Breaks
Won	7	3	5	4	19
Converted	7/12	3/7	5/9	4/8	19/36
Converted %	58%	43%	56%	50%	53%
Conceded	10	10	10	8	38
Saved	6/10	5/10	8/10	6/8	25
Saved %	60%	50%	80%	75%	66%
Times Broken	4	5	2	2	13

Kent
	R1 Svajda	R2 Langmo	1/4 Shelbayh	1/2 Lam Coleman Wong	Total
Score	6-4 7-65	6-3 6-4	6-2 7-5	6-2 4-6 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	23	19	20	31	93
pts	81-66	67-55	69-54	115-106	332-281
Total points	147	122	123	221	613
Winners	32	31	33	39	135
%Winners	40%	46%	48%	34%	41%
SERVE
Aces	9	8	10	4	31
Double Faults	5	4	4	6	19
1st in	39/66	36/55	40/70	55/108	170/299
% 1st in	59%	65%	57%	51%	57%
1st pts	32/39	31/36	33/40	39/55	135/170
% 1st pts	82%	86%	83%	71%	79%
2nd pts	13/27	11/19	14/30	27/53	65/129
% 2nd pts	48%	58%	47%	51%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	5	14
Converted	3/8	2/9	4/5	5/14	14/36
Converted %	38%	22%	80%	36%	39%
Conceded	3	1	8	15	27
Saved	1/3	1/1	7/8	11/15	20
Saved %	33%	100%	88%	73%	74%
Times Broken	2	0	1	4	7

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