James Kent Trotter and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.615
Alex Rybakov -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Alex Rybakov

There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 212, James reached the 2^nd round after beating Tibo Colson 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Colson (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kent Trotter scored 59 points vs Colson’s 41. James was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kent Trotter made 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. James Kent Trotter was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 85% (11/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Colson twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Kent Trotter has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (115-81). 14-13 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an aggregate66-47 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Japanese has a compiled 25-22 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

Alex Rybakov

Ranked no. 313, Rybakov reached the 2^nd round after beating Tyler Cox 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Cox (6-3 6-1). During the match Rybakov scored 67 points vs Cox’s 38. The American was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Rybakov fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Rybakov was very effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Cox 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Montreal,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Pensacola,M25 Tulsa and M25 Dallas.

The American has a composed 44-21 win-loss record in 2025, 21-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2017 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Rybakov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	16
Pts	59-41	67-38
Total Points	100	105
Winners	29	24
%Winners	49%	36%

Both Kent Trotter and Rybakov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kent Trotter and Rybakov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kent Trotter played 3 games more than Rybakov. The Japanese scored 29 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Alex scored 24 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Rybakov
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	36/49	26/36
%1st in	73%	72%
1st pts	29/36	24/26
%1st pts	81%	92%
2nd pts	11/13	8/10
%2nd pts	85%	80%

Kent Trotter managed to score 6 aces . Rybakov blasted 5 aces . Kent Trotter won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 85% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 92% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kent Trotter	Rybakov
Won	2	4
Converted	2/4	4/9
% Converted	50%	44%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Kent Trotter broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Rybakov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Colson	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	59-41	59-41
Total points	100	100
Winners	29	29
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	36/49	36/49
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	29/36	29/36
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	11/13	11/13
% 2nd pts	85%	85%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Rybakov
	R1 Cox	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	67-38	67-38
Total points	105	105
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	26/36	26/36
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	24/26	24/26
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	8/10	8/10
% 2nd pts	80%	80%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin – Federico BondioliBondioli (2-6 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Darian KingKing (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrew FentyFenty – Johannus MondayMonday (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (3-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Garrett JohnsJohns (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Edward WinterWinter (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Cooper WilliamsWilliams – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Tibo ColsonColson (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Blaise BicknellBicknell – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 2-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Olle WallinWallin – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Tyler CoxCox (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Garrett JohnsJohns (4-6 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Edward WinterWinter (7-6(4) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrew FentyFenty – Johannus MondayMonday (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin – Federico BondioliBondioli (2-6 7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Darian KingKing (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (3-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex RybakovRybakov – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tyler ZinkZink – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-2) – H2H and prediction