Brandon Holt and Strong Kirchheimer will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Indian Wells 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on PC5. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.26
Strong Kirchheimer -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Strong Kirchheimer
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-15 | 27-13 | 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. 244, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Blaise Bicknell 6-2 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Bicknell (6-2 5-7 6-2). During the match, Holt scored 91 points vs Bicknell’s 71. Holt was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Holt lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Holt broke Bicknell 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (137-87). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Holt has an aggregate120-71 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 417, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Ajeet Rai 6-2 5-2.
In the 1st round, Kirchheimer had a good straight sets win against Rai (6-2 5-2). During the match Kirchheimer scored 49 points vs Rai’s 35. Strong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kirchheimer scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 68% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Kirchheimer broke Rai 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Strong has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 |
| Pts | 91-71 | 49-35 |
| Total Points | 162 | 84 |
| Winners | 35 | 24 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Holt and Kirchheimer played 1 match. At the moment, Brandon Holt lost 1 set while Strong Kirchheimer hasn’t lost a set so far. Holt has played 1 set more than Kirchheimer (3 vs 2). Therefore, Holt played 13 games more than Kirchheimer. Holt scored 35 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kirchheimer made 24 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 28/41 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 6/13 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 46% |
Holt recorded 2 aces . Kirchheimer blasted 2 aces . Holt won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 70% | 57% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 43% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Holt broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Kirchheimer broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kirchheimer was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 91-71 | 91-71 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 51/81 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kirchheimer | |||
| R1 Rai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 49-35 | 49-35 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Indian Wells 1 Challenger
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Yshai OlielOliel (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Patrick BradyBrady (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Omni KumarKumar – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 5-2) – See score progression
- Tim HandelHandel – James TracyTracy (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Evan ZhuZhu (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin LockLock – Lucas GerchGerch (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Aidan MayoMayo (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Giovanni OradiniOradini – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Patrick BradyBrady (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 5-2) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-3 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Tim HandelHandel – James TracyTracy (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Benjamin LockLock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Tim HandelHandel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omni KumarKumar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
