James Kent Trotter and Quinn Vandecasteele will square off in the 1^st round of the Winston-Salem for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.25
Quinn Vandecasteele -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Quinn Vandecasteele

This will be the 2^nd time that James Kent Trotter and Quinn Vandecasteele clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kent Trotter won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in the Winnipeg Challenger back in 2024.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 187, Kent Trotter got to the 1^st round after beating William Grant 7-6(4) 6-1 and Strong Kirchheimer 7-6(3) 5-7 6-4.

In the qualifications, Kent Trotter defeated Kirchheimer (7-6³ 5-7 6-4). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 115 points vs Kirchheimer’s 114. James was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kent Trotter made 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. James Kent Trotter lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kent Trotter put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (51/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. James broke Kirchheimer twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kent Trotter started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Kent Trotter has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (112-79). 13-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kent Trotter has a composed65-46 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Kent Trotter has a composed 22-20 win-loss record in 2025, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salem Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Quinn Vandecasteele

Ranked no. 704, Quinn reached the 1^st round after beating Andrew Fenty 6-3 6-2 and Theo Papamalamis 7-5 7-6(2).

In the qualifications, Vandecasteele had a good straight sets win against Papamalamis (7-5 7-6²). During the match Vandecasteele scored 84 points vs Papamalamis’s 77. The American was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Vandecasteele blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Quinn Vandecasteele lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vandecasteele put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Vandecasteele broke Papamalamis 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vandecasteele started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Quinn’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Champaign.

Quinn has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2025, 20-15 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Vandecasteele
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	55	42
Pts	185-163	150-121
Total Points	348	271
Winners	79	52
%Winners	43%	35%

Both Kent Trotter and Vandecasteele played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James Kent Trotter surrendered 1 set while Quinn Vandecasteele hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set more than Vandecasteele (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 13 games more than Vandecasteele. James scored 79 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 52 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Vandecasteele
Aces	18	13
Avg per match	9	6.5
1st in	96/158	76/130
%1st in	61%	58%
1st pts	79/96	52/76
%1st pts	82%	68%
2nd pts	32/62	34/54
%2nd pts	52%	63%

Kent Trotter managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Vandecasteele made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Kent Trotter won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Vandecasteele won 68% of the points on 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	Vandecasteele
Won	6	8
Converted	6/14	8/17
% Converted	43%	47%
Conceded	9	7
Saved	6	3
% Saved	67%	43%
Times Broken	3	4

James broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. James surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Quinn broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Vandecasteele conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	Q1 Grant	Q3 Kirchheimer	Total
Score	7-64 6-1	7-63 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	35	55
pts	70-49	115-114	185-163
Total points	119	229	348
Winners	28	51	79
%Winners	40%	44%	43%
SERVE
Aces	11	7	18
Double Faults	3	6	9
1st in	31/48	65/110	96/158
% 1st in	65%	59%	61%
1st pts	28/31	51/65	79/96
% 1st pts	90%	78%	82%
2nd pts	10/17	22/45	32/62
% 2nd pts	59%	49%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/7	2/7	6/14
Converted %	57%	29%	43%
Conceded	1	8	9
Saved	0/1	6/8	6
Saved %	0%	75%	38%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Vandecasteele
	Q1 Fenty	Q3 Papamalamis	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-5 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	25	42
pts	66-44	84-77	150-121
Total points	110	161	271
Winners	23	29	52
%Winners	35%	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	11	2	13
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	31/57	45/73	76/130
% 1st in	54%	62%	58%
1st pts	23/31	29/45	52/76
% 1st pts	74%	64%	68%
2nd pts	17/26	17/28	34/54
% 2nd pts	65%	61%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/5	4/12	8/17
Converted %	80%	33%	47%
Conceded	2	5	7
Saved	1/2	2/5	3
Saved %	50%	40%	45%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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