James Trotter (tennis)

James Trotter
	Trotter in 2023
Full name	James Kent Trotter
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	29 July 1999 (age 25); Nishinomiya, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
College	Ohio State
Prize money	$78,772
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	1 Challenger, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 272 (17 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 300 (9 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	3 Challenger, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 142 (9 September 2024)
	Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

James Kent Trotter (born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 142 achieved on 9 September 2024.^[1]

Trotter has won one singles and three ATP Challenger doubles titles.

Professional career

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.

College career

Trotter played college tennis at Ohio State,^[2] where he won the NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles championship in 2023.^[3]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2024	Tyler Tennis Championships, USA	Challenger	Hard	Brandon Holt	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2023	Columbus Challenger, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Robert Cash	Guido Andreozzi Hans Hach	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Jan 2024	Cleveland Open, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	George Goldhoff	William Blumberg Alex Lawson	6–7^(0–7), 6–3, [10–8]
Win	3–0	Apr 2024	Shenzhen Luohu Challenger, China	Challenger	Hard	Yuta Shimizu	Wang Aoran Zhou Yi	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	4–0	Jun 2024	Tyler Tennis Championships, USA	Challenger	Hard	Hans Hach Verdugo	Andrés Andrade Abdullah Shelbayh	7–6^(7–3), 6–4