James Kent Trotter and Martin Damm will square off in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.86
Martin Damm -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Martin Damm
This will be the 3rd time that James Kent Trotter and Martin Damm face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kent Trotter (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Kent Trotter won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in M25 Edwardsville back in 2022.
James Kent Trotter
24 - 21win/loss
284
170
| 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 |
Ranked no. 187, Kent Trotter reached the quarter after defeating Philip Sekulic 6-4 6-1
and Patrick Maloney 6-2 6-3.In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Maloney (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 68 points vs Maloney’s 45. Kent Trotter was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Kent Trotter was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Maloney 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kent Trotter hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Kent Trotter has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (114-80). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kent Trotter has an aggregate39-20 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Kent Trotter has a composed 24-21 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Martin Damm
40 - 15win/loss
175
173
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-20 | 36-13 | 0-2 | 16-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-20 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Martin got to the quarter after defeating Aidan Kim 6-2 6-4 and Antoine Ghibaudo 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Damm had a good straight sets win against Ghibaudo (6-3 6-4). During the match Damm scored 68 points vs Ghibaudo’s 55. Damm was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Damm bagged 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Martin Damm was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Damm broke Ghibaudo twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Damm hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Damm’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Tbilisi,M15 Vaasa and M25 Elvas.
Martin has an overall 40-15 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Martin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kent Trotter | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 37 |
| Pts | 129-85 | 133-108 |
| Total Points | 214 | 241 |
| Winners | 45 | 57 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Kent Trotter and Damm played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kent Trotter and Damm have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kent Trotter played 3 games less than Damm. Kent Trotter scored 45 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Martin managed to score 57 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kent Trotter | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 68/109 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 45/53 | 57/68 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 23/41 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Kent Trotter recorded 19 aces (9.5 per match). Damm made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Kent Trotter won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Damm won 84% 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 | Kent Trotter | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 39% | 31% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Kent Trotter broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Martin broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Kent Trotter | ||||
| R1 Sekulic | R2 Maloney | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 68-45 | 129-85 | |
| Total points | 101 | 113 | 214 | |
| Winners | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 28/38 | 53/84 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 74% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 22/28 | 45/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 79% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 7/10 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 70% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/15 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Damm | ||||
| R1 Kim | R2 Ghibaudo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 68-55 | 133-108 | |
| Total points | 118 | 123 | 241 | |
| Winners | 32 | 25 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 37% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 30/54 | 68/109 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 56% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 25/30 | 57/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 83% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 16/24 | 23/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 67% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/7 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 29% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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