James Kent Trotter and Ernesto Escobedo will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Kent Trotter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.5
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Ernesto Escobedo

This will be the 2nd time that James Kent Trotter and Ernesto Escobedo square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kent Trotter won 2-6 6-4 7-6(8) in the qualifications in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2023.

James Kent Trotter

James Kent Trotter

26 - 17win/loss

Hard
19-10
I Hard
6-3
Clay
1-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
193
High
193
LWWWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-22 19-12 1-3 18-6 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. 300, the Japanese will start his run in the Las Vegas Challenger after he played his last match in the Lexington Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Tu in the 2nd round on the 1st of August.

Kent Trotter has an aggregate 25-17 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he overcame Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3).

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 74-53 record. He has a positive 51-32 record on hard.

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

Kent Trotter has never competed in this tournament before.

Las Vegas Challenger
Kent Trotter's Record

Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo

23 - 20win/loss

Hard
16-13
I Hard
6-1
Clay
1-6
Rank
457
High
67
LLWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-23 19-13 1-6 9-4 0-0 0-0
2023 25-17 19-12 4-2 2-3 0-0 0-0
2022 25-31 16-16 4-5 5-6 0-4 0-0
2021 28-25 17-12 6-8 2-3 3-2 0-0
2020 10-8 6-4 0-2 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 423, Ernesto will start his run in the Las Vegas Challenger after he played his last match in the Lincoln Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Kozlov in the qualifications on the 5th of August.

Escobedo has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2024, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.

In terms of his career, Ernesto has an overall 301-239 record. He has a positive 220-152 record on hard.

Las Vegas Challenger
Escobedo's Record

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