Liam Broady and Brandon Holt will play each other in the 2nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on COURT 23. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.61
Brandon Holt -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 3rd time that Liam Broady and Brandon Holt clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Broady (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Broady won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Newport back in July 2022.
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129, Broady got to the 2nd round after defeating Li Tu 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-3 6-2). During the match, Broady scored 57 points vs Tu’s 41. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Broady wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Liam Broady was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liam broke Tu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Broady has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (379-264). 13-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Broady has a compiled 217-123 record in the last years on hard.
Broady’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.
Broady has an aggregate 27-20 win-loss record in 2022, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Broady has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 312 (career-high), the American got to the 2nd round after beating Andres Martin 6-4 6-3, Stefan Dostanic 6-3 6-4 and Alexander Ritschard 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Ritschard, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Holt scored 99 points vs Ritschard’s 89. The American was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Ritschard 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Brandon’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cancun,M25 Nottingham and M15 Los Angeles.
Brandon has a composed 45-14 win-loss record in 2022, 42-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 64 |
| Pts | 57-41 | 233-191 |
| Total Points | 98 | 424 |
| Winners | 23 | 95 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Broady played 1 match while Holt competed in 3 matches. Holt started his run from the qualifications while Broady had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Brandon Holt conceded 1 set while Liam Broady hasn’t conceded a set so far. Broady has played 5 set(s) less than Holt (2 vs 7). Therefore, Broady played 47 games less than Holt. Broady scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon managed to score 95 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 28/52 | 138/202 |
| %1st in | 54% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 95/138 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 39/64 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 61% |
Broady didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Holt managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Broady won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Brit broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Holt broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-41 | 57-41 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/52 | 28/52 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Holt | |||||
| Q1 Martin |
Q3 Dostanic |
R1 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 26 | 64 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 62-44 | 99-89 | 233-191 | |
| Total points | 130 | 106 | 188 | 424 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 40 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 43/58 | 57/92 | 138/202 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 74% | 62% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 29/43 | 40/57 | 95/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 12/15 | 17/35 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 80% | 49% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/4 | 5/12 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 75% | 42% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/2 | 5/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 71% | 188% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Paul JubbJubb (7-68 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-65 7-69) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Evan ZhuZhu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Dalibor Svrcina/Petros TsitsipasSvrcina/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Govind NandaNanda (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs Brouwer/Reese StalderBrouwer/Reese Stalder – Robert Galloway/Alex LawsonGalloway/Alex Lawson (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Brandon HoltHolt (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
