James Kent Trotter and Patrick Maloney will square off in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Kent Trotter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.48
Patrick Maloney -> 2.5

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

This will be the 2^nd time that James Kent Trotter and Patrick Maloney face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Kent Trotter won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in the Chicago Challenger back in 2024.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 187, James got to the 2^nd round after beating Philip Sekulic 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (6-4 6-1). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 61 points vs Sekulic’s 40. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Kent Trotter was exceptionally effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Sekulic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kent Trotter has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (113-80). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has a composed38-20 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

The Japanese has an overall 23-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Patrick Maloney

Ranked no. 332, Maloney reached the 2^nd round after defeating Petr Brunclik 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Brunclik (6-4 6-0). During the match Maloney scored 57 points vs Brunclik’s 37. The American was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Maloney recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Patrick Maloney lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Maloney put 66% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (5/16) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Brunclik 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Maloney’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Ithaca and M15 Sherbrooke.

The American has a compiled 39-21 win-loss record in 2025, 11-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Maloney
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	16
Pts	61-40	57-37
Total Points	101	94
Winners	23	24
%Winners	38%	42%

Both Kent Trotter and Maloney played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kent Trotter and Maloney have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kent Trotter played 1 game more than Maloney. Kent Trotter scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 24 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Maloney
Aces	9	5
Avg per match	9	5
1st in	25/46	31/47
%1st in	54%	66%
1st pts	23/25	24/31
%1st pts	92%	77%
2nd pts	11/21	5/16
%2nd pts	52%	31%

Kent Trotter blasted 9 aces . Maloney struck 5 aces . Kent Trotter won 92% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Maloney won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Maloney
Won	4	6
Converted	4/8	6/10
% Converted	50%	60%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	1	1
% Saved	50%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Maloney broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Sekulic	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	61-40	61-40
Total points	101	101
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	25/46	25/46
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	23/25	23/25
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Maloney
	R1 Brunclik	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	57-37	57-37
Total points	94	94
Winners	24	24
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	31/47	31/47
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	24/31	24/31
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	5/16	5/16
% 2nd pts	31%	31%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

• Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Justin BoulaisBoulais – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Justin BoulaisBoulais – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Justin BoulaisBoulais (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christian LangmoLangmo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tyler ZinkZink – (0-0) – H2H and prediction