James Trotter (tennis)

James Trotter

Trotter in 2023
Full name	James Kent Trotter
Born	(1999-07-29) 29 July 1999 (age 26) Nishinomiya, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Ohio State University
Prize money	US $ 243,465
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 170 (21 April 2025)
Current ranking	No. 285 (1 December 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2025)
French Open	Q3 (2025)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2025)
US Open	Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	6 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 142 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 832 (1 December 2025)
Last updated on: 30 November 2025.

James Kent Trotter (born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 170 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 142 achieved on 9 September 2024. ^[1]

Trotter has won two singles and six 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 and in Cherbourg with George Goldhoff, at the 2024 Tyler Tennis Championships and again in Columbus with Hans Hach Verdugo. ^[2] At the same tournament in Tyler, Texas, he also won his first ATP Challenger singles title defeating Brandon Holt in the final. ^{[3] [4]}

College career

Trotter played college tennis at Ohio State, ^[5] where he won the NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles championship in 2023. ^[6]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte Carlo Masters	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	0 / 0	0-0	–
Italian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris Masters	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	0 / 1	0–1	0%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2024	Tyler, USA	Challenger	Hard	Brandon Holt	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1–1	Sep 2024	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Naoki Nakagawa	6–7(8–10), 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–1	Oct 2024	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Nishesh Basavareddy	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (6–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2021	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrew Lutschaunig	Stefan Kozlov Peter Polansky	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1	Sep 2023	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Robert Cash	Guido Andreozzi Hans Hach Verdugo	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	2–1	Jan 2024	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	George Goldhoff	William Blumberg Alex Lawson	6–7(0–7), 6–3, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Feb 2024	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	George Goldhoff	Ryan Nijboer Niklas Schell	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–1	Apr 2024	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Yuta Shimizu	Wang Aoran Zhou Yi	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win	5–1	Jun 2024	Tyler, USA	Challenger	Hard	Hans Hach Verdugo	Andrés Andrade Abdullah Shelbayh	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	5–2	Jul 2024	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Yuta Shimizu	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Sep 2024	Columbus, USA (2)	Challenger	Hard (i)	Hans Hach Verdugo	Christian Harrison Ethan Quinn	6–4, 6–7(6–8), [11–9]

References

1. "James Trotter | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
2. "Trotter ATP Challenger Doubles titles". ITF . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
3. "Harris returns to Top 100 after Surbiton Challenger triumph; Nagal hits career-high". ATPTour. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
4. "Trotter ATP Challenger Singles titles". ITF . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
5. "James Trotter - 2022-23 - Men's Tennis". Ohio State.
6. "Ohio State's Trotter and Lutschaunig win NCAA men's doubles tennis championship". The Columbus Dispatch.

External links

• James Trotter at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• James Trotter at the International Tennis Federation