Tennys Sandgren and Brandon Holt will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.76
Tennys Sandgren -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Tennys Sandgren vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 4th time that Tennys Sandgren and Brandon Holt fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sandgren (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sandgren won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Cleveland Challenger back in February 2023.
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. 267, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Ethan Quinn 4-6 7-66 7-63.
In the 1st round against Quinn, Tennys recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 7-63). During the match, Sandgren scored 116 points vs Quinn’s 110. Tennys was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sandgren struck 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tennys Sandgren lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sandgren put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (51/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Tennys broke Quinn twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Sandgren has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (286-230). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sandgren has a compiled 49-42 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Tennys’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger,the Bloomfield Hills Challenger and the Lexington Challenger.
The American has a composed 25-24 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
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. 279, Holt reached the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 3-6 7-61.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Kovacevic (6-4 3-6 7-61). During the match Holt scored 111 points vs Kovacevic’s 105. The American was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Kovacevic 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Holt’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Busan Challenger.
Holt has a composed 21-22 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sandgren | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 32 |
| Pts | 116-110 | 111-105 |
| Total Points | 226 | 216 |
| Winners | 51 | 38 |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% |
Both Sandgren and Holt played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Tennys Sandgren conceded 1 set, while Brandon Holt dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sandgren and Holt have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sandgren played 4 games more than Holt. The American scored 51 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Holt struck 38 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sandgren | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 4 |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 57/101 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 51/63 | 38/57 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 23/44 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 52% |
Sandgren bagged 13 aces . Holt made 4 aces . Sandgren won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sandgren | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 22% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 40% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sandgren | |||
| R1 Quinn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 116-110 | 116-110 | |
| Total points | 226 | 226 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 63/101 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 51/63 | 51/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 111-105 | 111-105 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/101 | 57/101 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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