Brandon Holt and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.68
Juncheng Shang -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 44-30 | 32-18 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-31 | 37-24 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 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 |
Ranked no. 324 (career-high), the American got to the 1st round after beating Taha Baadi 6-73 6-2 6-4 and Liam Draxl 3-6 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications against Draxl, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-3). During the match, Holt scored 104 points vs Draxl’s 91. The American was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt bagged 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Holt broke Draxl 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brandon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Holt has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (93-49). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holt has an overall2-0 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Holt’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cancun,M25 Nottingham and M15 Los Angeles.
Holt has a composed 41-11 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6-10 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 6-8 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-6 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 362 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 1st round after beating Aidan Kim 6-2 7-5 and Billy Harris 6-4 6-79 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Chinese defeated Harris (6-4 6-79 6-3). During the match Shang scored 100 points vs Harris’s 87. Juncheng was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Shang made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Juncheng Shang was quite effective on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Chinese broke Harris 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shang’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Naples.
Juncheng has an aggregate 22-15 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 52 |
| Pts | 212-180 | 169-139 |
| Total Points | 392 | 308 |
| Winners | 90 | 83 |
| %Winners | 42% | 49% |
Both Holt and Shang played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Holt dropped 2 sets, while Juncheng Shang conceded 1 set. Holt has played 1 set more than Shang (6 vs 5). Therefore, Holt played 10 games more than Shang. The American scored 90 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Juncheng fired 83 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 124/187 | 109/146 |
| %1st in | 66% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 90/124 | 83/109 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 35/63 | 19/37 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Holt blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Shang scored 6 aces (3 per match). Holt won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/25 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 32% | 67% |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 0 |
| % Saved | 54% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Brandon broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Juncheng broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Shang conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | ||||
| Q1 Baadi |
Q3 Draxl |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| pts | 108-89 | 104-91 | 212-180 | |
| Total points | 197 | 195 | 392 | |
| Winners | 48 | 42 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/86 | 63/101 | 124/187 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 48/61 | 42/63 | 90/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 19/38 | 35/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 5/11 | 8/25 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 45% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 45% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Shang | ||||
| Q1 Kim |
Q3 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-79 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 100-87 | 169-139 | |
| Total points | 121 | 187 | 308 | |
| Winners | 34 | 49 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/56 | 65/90 | 109/146 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 72% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 49/65 | 83/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 13/25 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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