Nishesh Basavareddy and James Kent Trotter will face off in the final of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.53
James Kent Trotter -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. James Kent Trotter

This will be the 2^nd time that Nishesh Basavareddy and James Kent Trotter play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Kent won 6-7(4) 6-1 6-0 in the semifinal in the Columbus Challenger back in September 2024.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 197, the American got to the final after defeating Eliot Spizzirri 6-4 6-3, Patrick Zahraj 6-2 6-0, Chris Rodesch 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(5) and Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, Nishesh had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 6-2). During the match, Basavareddy scored 67 points vs Galarneau’s 49. Basavareddy was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basavareddy made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nishesh Basavareddy was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Basavareddy has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 68% of his matches (50-24). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Basavareddy has a compiled9-5 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Tiburon Challenger where he overcame Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-1 6-1.

Basavareddy has a compiled 36-13 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 251 (career-high), James got to the final after beating Mitchell Krueger 7-5 7-6(6), Brandon Holt 6-2 6-3, Colton Smith 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(4) and Learner Tien 6-3 3-6 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Japanese defeated Tien (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match Kent scored 87 points vs Tien’s 77. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Kent scored 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kent put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (43/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Kent broke Tien 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

James has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

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

Kent has a composed 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 15-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basavareddy	Kent
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	87	102
Pts	315-256	326-286
Total Points	571	612
Winners	135	150
%Winners	43%	46%

Both Basavareddy and Kent played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nishesh Basavareddy conceded 1 set, while James Kent Trotter surrendered 2 sets. Basavareddy has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (9 vs 10). Therefore, Basavareddy played 15 games less than Kent. Nishesh scored 135 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 150 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basavareddy	Kent
Aces	18	45
Avg per match	4.5	11.3
1st in	175/291	174/299
%1st in	60%	58%
1st pts	135/175	150/174
%1st pts	77%	86%
2nd pts	55/116	67/125
%2nd pts	47%	54%

Basavareddy blasted 18 aces (4.5 per match). Kent recorded 45 aces (11.3 per match). Basavareddy won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basavareddy	Kent
Won	16	8
Converted	16/39	8/24
% Converted	41%	33%
Conceded	20	15
Saved	16	11
% Saved	80%	73%
Times Broken	4	4

Nishesh broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Nishesh lost his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kent broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Basavareddy
	R1 Spizzirri	R2 Zahraj	1/4 Rodesch	1/2 Galarneau	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-2 6-0	6-4 6-76 7-65	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	19	14	36	18	87
pts	65-52	61-33	122-122	67-49	315-256
Total points	117	94	244	116	571
Winners	27	20	61	27	135
%Winners	42%	33%	50%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7	4	18
Double Faults	4	3	5	1	13
1st in	33/53	32/53	79/129	31/56	175/291
% 1st in	62%	60%	61%	55%	60%
1st pts	27/33	20/32	61/79	27/31	135/175
% 1st pts	82%	63%	77%	87%	77%
2nd pts	7/20	13/21	22/50	13/25	55/116
% 2nd pts	35%	62%	44%	52%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	6	2	3	16
Converted	5/12	6/11	2/7	3/9	16/39
Converted %	42%	55%	29%	33%	41%
Conceded	4	7	5	4	20
Saved	2/4	6/7	4/5	4/4	16
Saved %	50%	86%	80%	100%	79%
Times Broken	2	1	1	0	4

Kent
	R1 Krueger	R2 Holt	1/4 Smith	1/2 Tien	Total
Score	7-5 7-66	6-2 6-3	7-64 2-6 7-64	6-3 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	25	17	34	26	102
pts	79-71	57-39	103-99	87-77	326-286
Total points	150	96	202	164	612
Winners	36	23	48	43	150
%Winners	46%	40%	47%	49%	46%
SERVE
Aces	13	7	8	17	45
Double Faults	3	2	2	3	10
1st in	40/73	26/49	55/92	53/85	174/299
% 1st in	55%	53%	60%	62%	58%
1st pts	36/40	23/26	48/55	43/53	150/174
% 1st pts	90%	88%	87%	81%	86%
2nd pts	17/33	15/23	21/37	14/32	67/125
% 2nd pts	52%	65%	57%	44%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	3	0	3	8
Converted	2/6	3/5	0/6	3/7	8/24
Converted %	33%	60%	0%	43%	33%
Conceded	6	1	2	6	15
Saved	5/6	1/1	0/2	5/6	11
Saved %	83%	100%	0%	83%	67%
Times Broken	1	0	2	1	4

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