Brandon Holt and Liam Draxl will face off in the qualifications of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.51
Liam Draxl -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Liam Draxl
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Holt and Liam Draxl face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Holt (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Holt won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Granby Challenger back in 2019.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 27-14 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 324 (career-high), Holt got to the qualifications after defeating Taha Baadi 6-73 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Baadi, Holt recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-2 6-4). During the match, Holt scored 108 points vs Baadi’s 89. Holt was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Holt was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (48/61) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Baadi 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Holt has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (92-49). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has an aggregate1-0 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Cancun,M25 Nottingham and M15 Los Angeles.
Brandon has a compiled 40-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 7-4 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 506, Liam got to the qualifications after beating Zachary Svajda 7-61 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Svajda (7-61 6-3). During the match Draxl scored 77 points vs Svajda’s 66. Liam was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Draxl struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 66% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Svajda 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Canadian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Wichita.
Draxl has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 |
| Pts | 108-89 | 77-66 |
| Total Points | 197 | 143 |
| Winners | 48 | 32 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Holt and Draxl played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Brandon Holt lost 1 set while Liam Draxl hasn’t conceded a set so far. Holt has played 1 set more than Draxl (3 vs 2). Therefore, Holt played 9 games more than Draxl. Holt scored 48 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Liam made 32 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 61/86 | 48/73 |
| %1st in | 71% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 48/61 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 40% |
Holt scored 7 aces . Draxl fired 5 aces . Holt won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/14 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 21% | 63% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Holt broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Holt very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Canadian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||
| Q1 Baadi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-89 | 108-89 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/86 | 61/86 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 48/61 | 48/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Draxl | |||
| Q1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-66 | 77-66 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/73 | 48/73 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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