James Kent Trotter and Patrick Maloney will play each other in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Kent Trotter who should win in 2 sets.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.363
Patrick Maloney -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Patrick Maloney
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Patrick Maloney since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
22 - 15win/loss
193
182
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 274, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Daniil Glinka 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the qualifications against Glinka, Kent Trotter recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-65 6-3). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 112 points vs Glinka’s 105. James was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (46/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (27/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. James broke Glinka 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kent Trotter has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (70-51). 14-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kent Trotter has an overall47-30 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he overcame Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Kent Trotter has a composed 21-15 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Kent Trotter has never competed in this tournament before.
Patrick Maloney
26 - 11win/loss
485
482
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-21 | 18-10 | 7-2 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-10 | 4-3 | 7-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 673 (career-high), Maloney reached the qualifications after beating Andres Andrade 4-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Andrade, Maloney had a free pass after Andrade retired on a 4-0 . scoreline.
Patrick’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Los Angeles.
Patrick has a composed 26-10 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 4 |
| Pts | 112-105 | 18-7 |
| Total Points | 217 | 25 |
| Winners | 46 | 6 |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% |
Both Kent Trotter and Maloney played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James Kent Trotter dropped 1 set while Patrick Maloney hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set more than Maloney (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 31 games more than Maloney. The Japanese scored 46 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 6 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 0 |
| 1st in | 56/106 | 8/11 |
| %1st in | 53% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 6/8 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 27/50 | 2/3 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 67% |
Kent Trotter bagged 10 aces . Maloney didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kent Trotter won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Maloney won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kent Trotter | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 43% | 100% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. James lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Patrick broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Maloney was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kent Trotter | |||
| Q1 Glinka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 112-105 | 112-105 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/106 | 56/106 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 46/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/50 | 27/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Maloney | |||
| Q1 Andrade | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 4 | 4 | |
| pts | 18-7 | 18-7 | |
| Total points | 25 | 25 | |
| Winners | 6 | 6 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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