James Kent Trotter and Trey Hilderbrand will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.36
Trey Hilderbrand -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Trey Hilderbrand
There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Trey Hilderbrand since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Kent Trotter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 186, Kent Trotter got to the 2nd round after defeating Filip Pieczonka 6-3 3-6 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Pieczonka (6-3 3-6 7-64). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 94 points vs Pieczonka’s 85. James was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter made 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was quite effective on serve to win 80% (43/54) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pieczonka once.
Kent Trotter has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (95-61). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kent Trotter has an aggregate36-18 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Kent Trotter has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
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), Trey reached the 2nd round after defeating Matt Kuhar 6-4 4-6 6-4, James Tracy 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2 and Nathan Ponwith 7-6(5) 4-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, Trey defeated Ponwith (7-65 4-6 6-0). During the match Hilderbrand scored 105 points vs Ponwith’s 94. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Hilderbrand struck 14 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Trey Hilderbrand lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hilderbrand put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Hilderbrand broke Ponwith 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Hilderbrand has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Hilderbrand has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Hilderbrand |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 90 |
| Pts | 94-85 | 305-284 |
| Total Points | 179 | 589 |
| Winners | 43 | 122 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Kent Trotter played 1 match while Hilderbrand competed in 3 matches. Hilderbrand started his run from the qualifications while Kent Trotter had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Kent Trotter surrendered 1 set, while Trey Hilderbrand lost 3 sets. Kent Trotter has played 6 set(s) less than Hilderbrand (3 vs 9). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 59 games less than Hilderbrand. Kent Trotter scored 43 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Hilderbrand fired 122 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Hilderbrand |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 45 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 15 |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 156/272 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 122/156 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 62/116 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 53% |
Kent Trotter blasted 12 aces . Hilderbrand struck 45 aces (15 per match). Kent Trotter won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Hilderbrand won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kent Trotter | Hilderbrand |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 10 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 100% | 34% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Kent Trotter broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Trey broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kent Trotter | |||
| R1 Pieczonka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 94-85 | 94-85 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 54/85 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 43/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hilderbrand | |||||
| Q1 Kuhar |
Q3 Tracy |
R1 Ponwith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 7-64 4-6 6-2 | 7-65 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 29 | 90 | |
| pts | 85-87 | 115-103 | 105-94 | 305-284 | |
| Total points | 172 | 218 | 199 | 589 | |
| Winners | 39 | 44 | 39 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 16 | 15 | 14 | 45 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 54/92 | 54/95 | 156/272 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 44/54 | 39/54 | 122/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 72% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 22/38 | 19/41 | 62/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/9 | 6/13 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 22% | 46% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 43% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Micah BraswellBraswell (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaylan BigunBigun – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Ethan QuinnQuinn (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Filip PieczonkaPieczonka (6-3 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar – Jackson RossRoss (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-73 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand – Nathan PonwithPonwith (7-65 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Murphy CassoneCassone – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Tyler ZinkZink – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand – Nathan PonwithPonwith (7-6(5) 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-7(3) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Karue SellSell – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Ethan QuinnQuinn (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Micah BraswellBraswell (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaylan BigunBigun – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karue SellSell – Alafia AyeniAyeni (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Stefan DostanicDostanic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tyler ZinkZink – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
