James Kent Trotter and Strong Kirchheimer will face off in the qualifications of the Winston-Salem for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 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 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 -> 1.21
Strong Kirchheimer -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Strong Kirchheimer

This will be the 3rd time that James Kent Trotter and Strong Kirchheimer fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kent Trotter won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the qualifications in the Granby Challenger back in 2023.

James Kent Trotter

James Kent Trotter

22 - 20win/loss

Hard
13-12
I Hard
2-2
Clay
3-3
Grass
4-3
Rank
284
High
170
LWLWLWWLWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-26 16-15 3-3 6-5 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
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Ranked no. 187, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating William Grant 7-6(4) 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Grant (7-64 6-1). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 70 points vs Grant’s 49. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter scored 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kent Trotter broke Grant 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Kent Trotter has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (111-79). 12-12 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an overall64-46 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

James has a composed 21-20 win-loss record in 2025, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salem Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Salem Challenger
Kent Trotter's Record

Strong Kirchheimer

Strong Kirchheimer

17 - 26win/loss

Hard
12-17
I Hard
4-5
Clay
1-4
Rank
675
High
375
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-35 14-21 1-4 6-10 0-0 0-0
2024 25-32 15-19 2-4 8-9 0-0 0-0
2023 38-29 19-16 2-4 17-9 0-0 0-0
2022 33-30 17-12 7-11 9-7 0-0 0-0
2021 19-21 12-15 6-5 1-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 644, Strong got to the qualifications after beating Andrew Delgado 4-6 7-6(6) 6-1.

In the qualifications against Delgado, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-1). During the match Kirchheimer scored 92 points vs Delgado’s 84. Kirchheimer was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Kirchheimer fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Strong Kirchheimer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Strong broke Delgado 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Strong’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Southaven.

The American has a composed 17-25 win-loss record in 2025, 12-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Salem Challenger
Kirchheimer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Kent Trotter
S.Kirchheimer
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
!
2h:33
2h:33
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
!
2h:33
2h:33
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
70
70
Total points​
92
92
70
70
Avg point​
92
92
28
28
Winners
46
46
28
28
Avg Winners​
46
46
40%
40%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
4
4
!
11
11
Avg Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
28/31
28/31
1st won total​
46/62
46/62
!
90%
90%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
10/17
10/17
2nd won total​
18/33
18/33
59%
59%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
3/5
3/5
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
3/5
3/5
!
57%
57%
Won
!
60%
60%
1
1
Conceded
4
4
1
1
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kent Trotter Kirchheimer
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 30
Pts 70-49 92-84
Total Points 119 176
Winners 28 46
%Winners 40% 50%

Both Kent Trotter and Kirchheimer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Strong Kirchheimer surrendered 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 10 games less than Kirchheimer. The Japanese scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Strong struck 46 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kent Trotter Kirchheimer
Aces 11 4
Avg per match 11 4
1st in 31/48 62/95
%1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 28/31 46/62
%1st pts 90% 74%
2nd pts 10/17 18/33
%2nd pts 59% 55%

Kent Trotter recorded 11 aces . Kirchheimer bagged 4 aces . Kent Trotter won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kent Trotter Kirchheimer
Won 4 3
Converted 4/7 3/5
% Converted 57% 60%
Conceded 1 4
Saved 0 2
% Saved 0% 50%
Times Broken 1 2

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kent Trotter surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Strong broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
Q1
Grant 		Total
Score 7-64 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 70-49 70-49
Total points 119 119
Winners 28 28
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 31/48 31/48
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 28/31 28/31
% 1st pts 90% 90%
2nd pts 10/17 10/17
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Kirchheimer
Q1
Delgado		 Total
Score 4-6 7-66 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 92-84 92-84
Total points 176 176
Winners 46 46
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 62/95 62/95
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 46/62 46/62
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 18/33 18/33
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

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