Chris Rodesch and James Kent Trotter will face off in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chris Rodesch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chris Rodesch is the pick to win this match.
Chris Rodesch -> 1.66
James Kent Trotter -> 2.12
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Chris Rodesch vs. James Kent Trotter
This will be the 2nd time that Chris Rodesch and James Kent Trotter play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodesch (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rodesch won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in the Drummondville Challenger back in 2024.
Chris Rodesch
27 - 13win/loss
163
163
WLWLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-15 | 10-4 | 11-5 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-11 | 19-2 | 18-4 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-11 | 5-1 | 12-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172 (career-high), Rodesch will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Vicenza Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Hsin in the semifinal on the 31st of May.
The Luxembourger has a composed 27-13 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he beat Emilio Nava in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Chris has an overall 112-43 record. He has a flat 0-0 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Chris has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
13 - 12win/loss
200
170
WLWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-14 | 8-7 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 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. 174, the Japanese will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-2 7-6(5) to Hassan in the qualifications on the 23rd of May.
Kent has an aggregate 13-12 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
In terms of his career, James has an overall 103-71 record. He has a negative 0-1 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
WLWLLWWWLL
WLWWLWLWWL 
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anton MatusevichMatusevich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Chris RodeschRodesch (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- James StoryStory – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harry WendelkenWendelken – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur BouquierBouquier – Stuart ParkerParker (1-1) – H2H and prediction
