James Kent Trotter and Ernesto Escobedo will clash against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 3rd 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 3rd 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 1st round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in September 2024.

James Kent Trotter

James Kent Trotter

29 - 18win/loss

Hard
19-11
I Hard
9-3
Clay
1-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
193
High
193
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-22 19-12 1-3 20-6 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
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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 2nd 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

Columbus Challenger
Kent Trotter's Record

Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo

25 - 21win/loss

Hard
16-13
I Hard
8-2
Clay
1-6
Rank
457
High
67
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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
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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 2nd 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 1st round in 2016 and 2021. See his history.

Columbus Challenger
Escobedo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Kent Trotter
E.Escobedo
4h:06
4h:06
Time on court​
3h:24
3h:24
1h:59
1h:59
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
51
51
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
171
171
Total points​
150
150
85.5
85.5
Avg point​
75
75
59
59
Winners
57
57
29.5
29.5
Avg Winners​
28.5
28.5
35%
35%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
18
18
7
7
Avg Aces
9
9
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
59/72
59/72
1st won total​
57/70
57/70
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
44/65
44/65
2nd won total​
41/60
41/60
!
68%
68%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
7/9
7/9
3/5.5
3/5.5
Avg BP won
3.5/4.5
3.5/4.5
!
55%
55%
Won
!
78%
78%
4
4
Conceded
2
2
2
2
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
0
0
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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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