| James Trotter | |
| Fullname: | James Kent Trotter |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Nishinomiya, Japan |
| Height: | NaN1.83 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| College: | Ohio State |
| Careerprizemoney: | US $90,304 |
| Singlesrecord: | (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 1 Challenger |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 251 (21 October 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 251 (21 October 2024) |
| Doublesrecord: | (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 6 Challengers |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 142 (9 September 2024) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 144 (30 September 2024) |
| Updated: | 26 October 2024 |
James Kent Trotter (born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 251 achieved on 21 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 142 achieved on 9 September 2024.[1]
Trotter has won one singles and six ATP Challenger doubles titles.
He won the Challenger doubles titles at the 2023 Columbus Challenger with Robert Cash, at the 2024 Cleveland Open with George Goldhoff, and at the 2024 Tyler Tennis Championships with Hans Hach Verdugo. At the same tournament in Tyler, Texas, he also won his first ATP Challenger singles title defeating Brandon Holt in the final.
Trotter played college tennis at Ohio State,[2] where he won the NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles championship in 2023.[3]
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Tyler, USA | Challenger | Hard |  Brandon Holt | 6–2, 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Naoki Nakagawa | 6–7(8–10), 7–5, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Nishesh Basavareddy | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Andrew Lutschaunig | Stefan Kozlov Peter Polansky | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Robert Cash |  Guido Andreozzi Hans Hach Verdugo | 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Cleveland, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | George Goldhoff | William Blumberg Alex Lawson | 6–7(0–7), 6–3, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | George Goldhoff | Ryan Nijboer Niklas Schell | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 4–1 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | Yuta Shimizu |  Wang Aoran Zhou Yi | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | ||
| Win | 5–1 | Tyler, USA | Challenger | Hard | Hans Hach Verdugo |  Andrés Andrade Abdullah Shelbayh | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 5–2 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Yuta Shimizu |  André GöranssonSem Verbeek | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 6–2 | Columbus, USA (2) | Challenger | Hard (i) | Hans Hach Verdugo | Christian Harrison Ethan Quinn | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), [11–9] |