Eliot Spizzirri and James Kent Trotter will square off in the quarter of the Granby Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.8
James Kent Trotter -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. James Kent Trotter
This will be the 2nd time that Eliot Spizzirri and James Kent Trotter fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Spizzirri (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Spizzirri won 5-7 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in the Cleveland Challenger back in January 2025.
Eliot Spizzirri
29 - 20win/loss
96
96
WWWLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56-30 | 27-14 | 7-6 | 17-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-17 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-10 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, the American reached the quarter after beating Paul Jubb 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 and Tyler Zink 6-2 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Zink (6-2 7-63). During the match, Spizzirri scored 77 points vs Zink’s 63. Eliot was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Spizzirri recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 70% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Eliot broke Zink 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Spizzirri has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Spizzirri has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (92-60). 12-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Spizzirri has an aggregate62-34 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the San Diego Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.
Spizzirri has a composed 28-20 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
19 - 16win/loss
260
170
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-24 | 16-15 | 3-3 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 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. 195, James got to the quarter after defeating Nicolas Arseneault 2-6 7-5 6-3 and Patrick Kypson 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, James defeated Kypson (7-65 6-75 6-4). During the match Kent scored 112 points vs Kypson’s 107. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent overwhelmed his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was quite effective on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 65% (33/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Kypson twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Japanese has an overall 19-15 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Spizzirri | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 65 |
| Pts | 188-158 | 205-198 |
| Total Points | 346 | 403 |
| Winners | 79 | 82 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Spizzirri and Kent played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Eliot Spizzirri surrendered 1 set, while James Kent Trotter lost 2 sets. Spizzirri has played 1 set(s) less than Kent (5 vs 6). Therefore, Spizzirri played 13 games less than Kent. Spizzirri scored 79 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 82 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Spizzirri | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 15.5 |
| 1st in | 112/178 | 109/204 |
| %1st in | 63% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 79/112 | 82/109 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 36/66 | 53/95 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Spizzirri made 6 aces (3 per match). Kent bagged 31 aces (15.5 per match). Spizzirri won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Spizzirri | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 47% | 40% |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Eliot broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Eliot dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Spizzirri | ||||
| R1 Jubb |
R2 Zink |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-74 6-2 | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 | 52 | |
| pts | 111-95 | 77-63 | 188-158 | |
| Total points | 206 | 140 | 346 | |
| Winners | 42 | 37 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/101 | 54/77 | 112/178 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 37/54 | 79/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 13/23 | 36/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/6 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kent | ||||
| R1 Arseneault |
R2 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | 7-65 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 36 | 65 | |
| pts | 93-91 | 112-107 | 205-198 | |
| Total points | 184 | 219 | 403 | |
| Winners | 38 | 44 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 20 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 51/95 | 58/109 | 109/204 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 44/58 | 82/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 33/51 | 53/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/7 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 0% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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