James Kent Trotter and Ernesto Escobedo will clash against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.6
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.24

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

This will be the 3^rd time that James Kent Trotter and Ernesto Escobedo face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kent Trotter won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in September 2024.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 295, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Aidan Mayo 4-6 6-2 6-2 and Patrick Zahraj 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Zahraj (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 80 points vs Zahraj’s 64. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 74% (26/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Zahraj twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kent Trotter has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Kent Trotter has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (77-54). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an overall22-14 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

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).

The Japanese has a compiled 28-18 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 424, Escobedo got to the quarter after beating Antoine Ghibaudo 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 and Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 6-4). During the match Escobedo scored 57 points vs Galarneau’s 44. Ernesto was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Escobedo blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ernesto Escobedo was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Escobedo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Escobedo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Villahermosa.

Ernesto has an aggregate 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2016 and 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Escobedo
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	49	51
Pts	171-134	150-124
Total Points	305	274
Winners	59	57
%Winners	35%	38%

Both Kent Trotter and Escobedo played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Kent Trotter lost 1 set, while Ernesto Escobedo conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kent Trotter and Escobedo have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kent Trotter played 2 games less than Escobedo. Kent Trotter scored 59 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Escobedo fired 57 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Escobedo
Aces	14	18
Avg per match	7	9
1st in	72/137	70/130
%1st in	53%	54%
1st pts	59/72	57/70
%1st pts	82%	81%
2nd pts	44/65	41/60
%2nd pts	68%	68%

Kent Trotter managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Escobedo made 18 aces (9 per match). Kent Trotter won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Escobedo
Won	6	7
Converted	6/11	7/9
% Converted	55%	78%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	2	0
% Saved	50%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

James broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kent Trotter surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Ernesto broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Escobedo conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Mayo	R2 Zahraj	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	26	23	49
pts	91-70	80-64	171-134
Total points	161	144	305
Winners	36	23	59
%Winners	40%	29%	35%
SERVE
Aces	6	8	14
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	44/74	28/63	72/137
% 1st in	59%	44%	53%
1st pts	36/44	23/28	59/72
% 1st pts	82%	82%	82%
2nd pts	18/30	26/35	44/65
% 2nd pts	60%	74%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/5	2/6	6/11
Converted %	80%	33%	55%
Conceded	3	1	4
Saved	2/3	0/1	2
Saved %	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Escobedo
	R1 Ghibaudo	R2 Galarneau	Total
Score	6-74 6-2 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	31	20	51
pts	93-80	57-44	150-124
Total points	173	101	274
Winners	33	24	57
%Winners	35%	42%	38%
SERVE
Aces	10	8	18
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	41/82	29/48	70/130
% 1st in	50%	60%	54%
1st pts	33/41	24/29	57/70
% 1st pts	80%	83%	81%
2nd pts	28/41	13/19	41/60
% 2nd pts	68%	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/5	3/4	7/9
Converted %	80%	75%	78%
Conceded	1	1	2
Saved	0/1	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1	2

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