James Kent Trotter and Patrick Kypson will square off in the 2^nd round of the Granby Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Kypson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.52
James Kent Trotter -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Patrick Kypson

This will be the 3^rd time that James Kent Trotter and Patrick Kypson fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kent Trotter won 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 in the qualifications in the Cary Challenger back in 2022.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 195, James reached the 2^nd round after beating Nicolas Arseneault 2-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Arseneault, Kent Trotter recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 93 points vs Arseneault’s 91. James was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter blasted 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kent Trotter put 54% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. James broke Arseneault 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kent Trotter has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (108-74). 9-7 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kent Trotter has a composed61-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Kent Trotter has an overall 18-15 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Granby Challenger

Patrick Kypson

Ranked no. 218, Kypson reached the 2^nd round after beating Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-3 6-1). During the match Kypson scored 53 points vs Nakagawa’s 36. Patrick was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Kypson bagged 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Patrick Kypson was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Nakagawa 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he defeated Pedro Sakamoto in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Little Rock Challenger where he defeated Michael Zheng in the final 6-1 1-6 7-5.

The American has a composed 24-6 win-loss record in 2025, 17-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Kypson
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	16
Pts	93-91	53-36
Total Points	184	89
Winners	38	20
%Winners	41%	38%

Both Kent Trotter and Kypson played 1 match. At the moment, James Kent Trotter lost 1 set while Patrick Kypson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set more than Kypson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 13 games more than Kypson. The Japanese scored 38 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Patrick made 20 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Kypson
Aces	11	6
Avg per match	11	6
1st in	51/95	24/43
%1st in	54%	56%
1st pts	38/51	20/24
%1st pts	75%	83%
2nd pts	20/44	12/19
%2nd pts	45%	63%

Kent Trotter made 11 aces . Kypson made 6 aces . Kent Trotter won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Kypson
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/7
% Converted	50%	57%
Conceded	11	0
Saved	7	0
% Saved	64%	0%
Times Broken	4	0

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Kypson broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Patrick was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Arseneault	Total
Score	2-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	93-91	93-91
Total points	184	184
Winners	38	38
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	51/95	51/95
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	38/51	38/51
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	20/44	20/44
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Kypson
	R1 Nakagawa	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	53-36	53-36
Total points	89	89
Winners	20	20
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	24/43	24/43
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	20/24	20/24
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Granby Challenger

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