Colton Smith and James Kent Trotter will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colton Smith who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.41
James Kent Trotter -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Colton Smith vs. James Kent Trotter
This will be the 2nd time that Colton Smith and James Kent Trotter clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Kent won 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(4) in the quarter in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2024.
Colton Smith
19 - 7win/loss
146
144
LWWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-9 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-11 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144 (career-high), Colton reached the qualifications after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Smith defeated Watanuki (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Smith scored 101 points vs Watanuki’s 86. Smith was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Smith struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Colton Smith was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (46/60) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Smith broke Watanuki twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Smith has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 72% of his matches (58-22). 5-2 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Smith has a compiled5-2 win-loss record in the last 4 years on grass.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.
Colton has an aggregate 19-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Colton has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
15 - 13win/loss
202
170
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-14 | 8-7 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 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. 202, Kent reached the qualifications after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Huesler (7-64 3-6 6-4). During the match Kent scored 107 points vs Huesler’s 106. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent scored 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kent put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (52/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Kent broke Huesler twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
The Japanese has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 |
| Pts | 101-86 | 107-106 |
| Total Points | 187 | 213 |
| Winners | 46 | 52 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Both Smith and Kent played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Colton Smith surrendered 1 set, while James Kent Trotter lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Smith and Kent have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Smith played 1 game less than Kent. Smith scored 46 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 52 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 16 |
| 1st in | 60/89 | 66/100 |
| %1st in | 67% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 52/66 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 44% |
Smith struck 7 aces . Kent bagged 16 aces . Smith won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Smith | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Smith broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Colton conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-86 | 101-86 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/89 | 60/89 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kent | |||
| Q1 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 107-106 | 107-106 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 66/100 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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