James Kent Trotter and Michael Geerts will square off in the 2nd round of the Drummondville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.66
Michael Geerts -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
40 - 22win/loss
182
182
| 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. 193 (career-high), James got to the 2nd round after beating Jaden Weekes 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, James had a good straight sets win against Weekes (6-3 7-64). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 77 points vs Weekes’s 60. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Kent Trotter was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kent Trotter broke Weekes once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Kent Trotter has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (88-58). 19-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kent Trotter has a compiled33-17 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he overcame Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and the Charlottesville Challenger where he defeated Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-3 6-4.
Kent Trotter has an aggregate 39-22 win-loss record in 2024, 19-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
49 - 36win/loss
295
212
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-36 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 301, Michael reached the 2nd round after defeating Liam Draxl 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(1).
In the 1st round, Michael defeated Draxl (7-64 2-6 7-61).During the match Geerts scored less points (10) than Draxl. In fact, the world no. 193 won 104 points vs Draxl’s. That means that Geerts was more focused during the important points. Geerts was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (21/49) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Draxl 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Michael’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Martos,M25 Castelo Branco and M25 Sarreguemines.
Michael has an overall 49-35 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 |
| Pts | 77-60 | 104-114 |
| Total Points | 137 | 218 |
| Winners | 41 | 43 |
| %Winners | 53% | 41% |
Both Kent Trotter and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Michael Geerts lost 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set(s) less than Geerts (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 12 games less than Geerts. Kent Trotter scored 41 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 43 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 52/73 | 61/110 |
| %1st in | 71% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 43/61 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 21/49 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 43% |
Kent Trotter recorded 4 aces . Geerts blasted 5 aces . Kent Trotter won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kent Trotter | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 27% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 17% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
James broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Kent Trotter pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 8 break points. Geerts broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kent Trotter | |||
| R1 Weekes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-60 | 77-60 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/73 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 41/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Draxl | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 104-114 | 104-114 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/110 | 61/110 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/49 | 21/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger
- Aidan MayoMayo – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Facundo MenaMena (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel MasurMasur – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karue SellSell – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction