Brandon Holt and James Kent Trotter will play each other in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 9. 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 Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.83
James Kent Trotter -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. James Kent Trotter
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Holt and James Kent Trotter play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kent won 6-2 7-6(3) in the final in the Tyler Challenger back in June 2024.
Brandon Holt
41 - 29win/loss
200
180
LWLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-31 | 37-24 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Brandon reached the 2nd round after defeating Alex Rybakov 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Rybakov (7-5 6-4). During the match, Holt scored 82 points vs Rybakov’s 63. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Holt was very effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Rybakov 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Holt has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (173-113). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holt has a compiled13-11 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Brandon’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger,M25 Bakersfield and the Tyler Challenger.
Holt has an aggregate 41-28 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
James Kent Trotter
33 - 21win/loss
182
182
LWWWLWWWWW | 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. 251 (career-high), the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Mitchell Krueger 7-5 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Krueger (7-5 7-66). During the match Kent scored 79 points vs Krueger’s 71. James was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent fired 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (36/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Krueger twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he beat Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
The Japanese has an aggregate 32-21 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 |
| Pts | 82-63 | 79-71 |
| Total Points | 145 | 150 |
| Winners | 32 | 36 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Holt and Kent played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Holt and Kent have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Holt played 3 games less than Kent. The American scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 36 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 13 |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 40/73 |
| %1st in | 69% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 36/40 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 52% |
Holt made 2 aces . Kent fired 13 aces . Holt won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 27% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Holt broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Holt conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-63 | 82-63 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||
| R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 79-71 | 79-71 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 40/73 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/40 | 36/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Charlottesville Challenger
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dylan DietrichDietrich – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Kyle EdmundEdmund (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Henry SearleSearle (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Denis KudlaKudla (0-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dmitry PopkoPopko (5-7 6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-1 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dylan DietrichDietrich – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
