Trey Hilderbrand and James Tracy will square off in the qualifications of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Trey Hilderbrand who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Trey Hilderbrand is the pick to win this match.
Trey Hilderbrand -> 1.71
James Tracy -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Trey Hilderbrand vs. James Tracy
There is no head to head record between Trey Hilderbrand and James Tracy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Trey Hilderbrand
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-20 | 15-10 | 9-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-13 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-9 | 9-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 690 (career-high), Hilderbrand got to the qualifications after defeating Matt Kuhar 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Kuhar (6-4 4-6 6-4).During the match, Hilderbrand scored less points (2) than Kuhar. In fact, the world no. 690 won 85 points vs Kuhar’s. That means that Hilderbrand was more focused during the important points. Hilderbrand was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hilderbrand bagged 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Trey Hilderbrand was very effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Kuhar twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Hilderbrand has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (69-47). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hilderbrand has a compiled5-5 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Hilderbrand has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
James Tracy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 4-9 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-5 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-7 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 781, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Quinn Vandecasteele 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Tracy had a good straight sets win against Vandecasteele (6-4 6-0). During the match Tracy scored 67 points vs Vandecasteele’s 47. James was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Tracy scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. James Tracy lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Tracy put 73% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. James broke Vandecasteele 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
James has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hilderbrand | Tracy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 |
| Pts | 85-87 | 67-47 |
| Total Points | 172 | 114 |
| Winners | 39 | 29 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Both Hilderbrand and Tracy played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Trey Hilderbrand surrendered 1 set while James Tracy hasn’t lost a set so far. Hilderbrand has played 1 set more than Tracy (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hilderbrand played 14 games more than Tracy. Trey scored 39 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Tracy managed to score 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hilderbrand | Tracy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 1 |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 46/63 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 29/46 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Hilderbrand fired 16 aces . Tracy made 1 ace . Hilderbrand won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Tracy won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hilderbrand | Tracy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 29% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Trey lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hilderbrand | |||
| Q1 Kuhar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 85-87 | 85-87 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 48/85 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Tracy | |||
| Q1 Vandecasteele |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 46/63 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 11/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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