James Kent Trotter and Colton Smith will fight against each other in the quarter of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on BRENDA MYERS COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.75
Colton Smith -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Colton Smith

There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Colton Smith since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 251 (career-high), Kent Trotter got to the quarter after defeating Mitchell Krueger 7-5 7-6(6) and Brandon Holt 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 57 points vs Holt’s 39. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Kent Trotter was quite effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Holt 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Kent Trotter has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (82-57). 13-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kent Trotter has an overall27-16 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

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

James has an overall 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Colton Smith

Ranked no. 390 (career-high), the American got to the quarter after beating Andre Ilagan 6-3 7-5 and Reilly Opelka 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Opelka, Colton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-4). During the match Smith scored 112 points vs Opelka’s 94. Colton was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Smith managed to score 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Colton Smith was very effective on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 80% (20/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Opelka 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Colton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Los Angeles,M25 Dallas,M25 Champaign and the Sioux Falls Challenger.

The American has a compiled 34-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Smith
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	42	54
Pts	136-110	191-158
Total Points	246	349
Winners	59	82
%Winners	43%	43%

Both Kent Trotter and Smith played 2 matches. At the moment, Colton Smith dropped 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set(s) less than Smith (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 12 games less than Smith. The Japanese scored 59 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 82 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Smith
Aces	20	7
Avg per match	10	3.5
1st in	66/122	113/163
%1st in	54%	69%
1st pts	59/66	82/113
%1st pts	89%	73%
2nd pts	32/56	33/50
%2nd pts	57%	66%

Kent Trotter fired 20 aces (10 per match). Smith fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kent Trotter won 89% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Smith
Won	5	7
Converted	5/11	7/13
% Converted	45%	54%
Conceded	7	13
Saved	6	11
% Saved	86%	85%
Times Broken	1	2

The Japanese broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Smith conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Krueger	R2 Holt	Total
Score	7-5 7-66	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	25	17	42
pts	79-71	57-39	136-110
Total points	150	96	246
Winners	36	23	59
%Winners	46%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	13	7	20
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	40/73	26/49	66/122
% 1st in	55%	53%	54%
1st pts	36/40	23/26	59/66
% 1st pts	90%	88%	89%
2nd pts	17/33	15/23	32/56
% 2nd pts	52%	65%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/6	3/5	5/11
Converted %	33%	60%	45%
Conceded	6	1	7
Saved	5/6	1/1	6
Saved %	83%	100%	92%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Smith
	R1 Ilagan	R2 Opelka	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-75 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	33	54
pts	79-64	112-94	191-158
Total points	143	206	349
Winners	34	48	82
%Winners	43%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	50/75	63/88	113/163
% 1st in	67%	72%	69%
1st pts	34/50	48/63	82/113
% 1st pts	68%	76%	73%
2nd pts	13/25	20/25	33/50
% 2nd pts	52%	80%	66%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/4	3/9	7/13
Converted %	100%	33%	54%
Conceded	9	4	13
Saved	8/9	3/4	11
Saved %	89%	75%	82%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Charlottesville Challenger

• Patrick Harper/Finn ReynoldsHarper/Finn Reynolds – Trey Hilderbrand/Alex LawsonHilderbrand/Alex Lawson (7-6² 4-6 14-12) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy – Marcelo Demoliner/Christian HarrisonDemoliner/Christian Harrison (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Chris Rodesch/William WoodallRodesch/William Woodall – Hans Hach Verdugo/Szymon WalkowHach Verdugo/Szymon Walkow (6-7⁸ 6-1 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

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