Brandon Holt and Tennys Sandgren will square off in the 2nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.66
Tennys Sandgren -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Tennys Sandgren
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Holt and Tennys Sandgren fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Holt won 6-1 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2022.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 191 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Alfredo Perez 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-4 6-2). During the match, Holt scored 69 points vs Perez’s 55. Holt was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 58% of his first serves in, winning 60% (25/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Perez 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (115-63). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has a compiled4-3 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Holt has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennys Sandgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 20-19 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 19-11 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 5-12 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Elmar Ejupovic 6-2 6-74 7-64.
In the 1st round, Tennys defeated Ejupovic (6-2 6-74 7-64). During the match Sandgren scored 116 points vs Ejupovic’s 98. Tennys was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren overwhelmed his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tennys Sandgren was very effective on serve to win 75% (54/72) of his 1st serve and 75% (24/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Ejupovic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The American has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 34 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 116-98 |
| Total Points | 124 | 214 |
| Winners | 25 | 54 |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% |
Both Holt and Sandgren played 1 match. At the moment, Tennys Sandgren dropped 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t conceded a set so far. Holt has played 1 set(s) less than Sandgren (2 vs 3). Therefore, Holt played 16 games less than Sandgren. The American scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Tennys recorded 54 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 23 |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 72/104 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 54/72 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 24/32 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 75% |
Holt didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sandgren scored 23 aces . Holt won 60% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 71% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Brandon broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Brandon dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Tennys broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Tennys was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Perez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 42/72 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sandgren | |||
| R1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-74 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 116-98 | 116-98 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 23 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 72/104 | 72/104 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 54/72 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Emilio GomezGomez – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (6-2 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-76 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Kyle SeeligSeelig (7-69 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yibing WuYibing – Strong KirchheimerStrong (7-6(9) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-1) – H2H and prediction
