Brandon Holt and Gastao Elias will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 14. 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 Brandon Holt who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.28
Gastao Elias -> 3.5

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Gastao Elias

There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Gastao Elias since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
113
High
99
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2021 3-6 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 216, Holt got to the qualifications after defeating Radu Albot 5-7 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Albot, Holt recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Holt scored 106 points vs Albot’s 95. Holt was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Holt bagged 12 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Albot 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Holt has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (105-60). 1-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has a compiled100-53 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The American has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Holt has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Holt's Record

Gastao Elias

Gastao Elias

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
380
High
57
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-18 25-9 6-6 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 42-32 8-5 27-25 7-2 0-0 0-0
2023 21-18 10-8 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 23-24 4-3 18-17 0-3 1-1 0-0
2021 37-18 13-5 24-12 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 234, Gastao reached the qualifications after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-75 7-63 6-1.

In the qualifications against Uchida, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-63 6-1). During the match Elias scored 108 points vs Uchida’s 91. Elias was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Elias scored 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gastao Elias was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (47/57) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Uchida 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The Portuguese has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See his history.

Australian Open
Elias's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Holt
G.Elias
2h:32
2h:32
Time on court​
2h:06
2h:06
!
2h:32
2h:32
Last match​
!
2h:06
2h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
33
33
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
106
106
Total points​
108
108
106
106
Avg point​
108
108
42
42
Winners
47
47
42
42
Avg Winners​
47
47
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
9
9
!
12
12
Avg Aces
9
9
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
42/66
42/66
1st won total​
47/57
47/57
64%
64%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
20/35
20/35
2nd won total​
20/35
20/35
57%
57%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
4/6
4/6
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
!
55%
55%
Won
!
67%
67%
13
13
Conceded
2
2
13
13
Avg Conceded
2
2
4
4
Broken
1
1
4
4
Avg Broken
1
1
9
9
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Holt Elias
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 33
Pts 106-95 108-91
Total Points 201 199
Winners 42 47
%Winners 40% 44%

Both Holt and Elias played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Holt conceded 1 set, while Gastao Elias conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Holt and Elias have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Holt played 2 games less than Elias. Brandon scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Elias fired 47 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Holt Elias
Aces 12 9
Avg per match 12 9
1st in 66/101 57/92
%1st in 65% 62%
1st pts 42/66 47/57
%1st pts 64% 82%
2nd pts 20/35 20/35
%2nd pts 57% 57%

Holt made 12 aces . Elias bagged 9 aces . Holt won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Holt Elias
Won 6 4
Converted 6/11 4/6
% Converted 55% 67%
Conceded 13 2
Saved 9 1
% Saved 69% 50%
Times Broken 4 1

Brandon broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Holt dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Elias broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Holt
Q1
Albot
Total
Score 5-7 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 106-95 106-95
Total points 201 201
Winners 42 42
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 66/101 66/101
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 42/66 42/66
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 20/35 20/35
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 9/13 9
Saved % 69% 69%
Times Broken 4 4
Elias
Q1
Uchida
Total
Score 6-75 7-63 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 33
pts 108-91 108-91
Total points 199 199
Winners 47 47
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 57/92 57/92
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 47/57 47/57
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 20/35 20/35
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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