Denis Kudla and James Kent Trotter will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.47
James Kent Trotter -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. James Kent Trotter

There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Denis Kudla

Ranked no. 188, Denis reached the 2^nd round after beating Johannus Monday 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Monday (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 72 points vs Monday’s 69. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudla managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Monday twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Kudla has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (321-264). 6-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an overall 151-134 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Kudla’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.

Kudla has a compiled 18-16 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 300, the Japanese reached the 2^nd

round after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese defeated Escobedo (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Kent scored 92 points vs Escobedo’s 89. Kent was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Kent bagged 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (29/52) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. James broke Escobedo 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

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

James has a compiled 26-17 win-loss record in 2024, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudla	Kent
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	30
Pts	72-69	92-89
Total Points	141	181
Winners	38	29
%Winners	53%	32%

Both Kudla and Kent played 1 match. At the moment, James Kent Trotter lost 1 set while Denis Kudla hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudla has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kudla played 8 games less than Kent. Denis scored 38 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, James managed to score 29 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudla	Kent
Aces	5	10
Avg per match	5	10
1st in	48/81	36/88
%1st in	59%	41%
1st pts	38/48	29/36
%1st pts	79%	81%
2nd pts	14/33	29/52
%2nd pts	42%	56%

Kudla scored 5 aces . Kent managed to score 10 aces . Kudla won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudla	Kent
Won	2	3
Converted	2/3	3/6
% Converted	67%	50%
Conceded	4	6
Saved	3	4
% Saved	75%	67%
Times Broken	1	2

Denis broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Kudla surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kent broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Kudla
	R1 Monday	Total
Score	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	72-69	72-69
Total points	141	141
Winners	38	38
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	48/81	48/81
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	38/48	38/48
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	14/33	14/33
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Kent
	R1 Escobedo	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	92-89	92-89
Total points	181	181
Winners	29	29
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	36/88	36/88
% 1st in	41%	41%
1st pts	29/36	29/36
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	29/52	29/52
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

• Marek GengelGengel – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Omni KumarKumar (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-7⁶ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kaylan BigunBigun – Govind NandaNanda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Micah BraswellBraswell (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Cannon KingsleyKingsley – James TracyTracy (5-7 7-6⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Johannus MondayMonday (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Omni KumarKumar (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Kaylan BigunBigun – Govind NandaNanda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-7(6) 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karue SellSell – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cannon KingsleyKingsley – (0-1) – H2H and prediction