Brandon Holt and Thai Kwiatkowski will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Indian Wells 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:00 am on PC3. 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 -> 1.52
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Thai Kwiatkowski
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Thai Kwiatkowski 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 | 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. 244, the American reached the semifinal after beating Blaise Bicknell 6-2 5-7 6-2, Strong Kirchheimer 6-3 6-3 and Daniel Cukierman 6-2 3-6 6-0.
In the quarter, Brandon defeated Cukierman (6-2 3-6 6-0). During the match, Holt scored 79 points vs Cukierman’s 53. Holt was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt scored just 1 ace in the match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Cukierman 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brandon has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (139-87). 7-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has a compiled122-71 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 19-8 | 1-7 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316, Kwiatkowski reached the semifinal after defeating Bruno Kuzuhara 6-3 7-66, Tim Handel 6-3 7-66 and Marco Trungelliti 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Kwiatkowski had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (7-5 6-3). During the match Kwiatkowski scored 66 points vs Trungelliti’s 58. Thai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwiatkowski fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. Kwiatkowski broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kwiatkowski hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American has an aggregate 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 65 |
| Pts | 239-173 | 224-194 |
| Total Points | 412 | 418 |
| Winners | 90 | 91 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Holt and Kwiatkowski played 3 matches. At the moment, Brandon Holt dropped 2 sets while Thai Kwiatkowski hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Holt has played 2 sets more than Kwiatkowski (8 vs 6). Therefore, Holt played 4 games more than Kwiatkowski. Brandon scored 90 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Thai managed to score 91 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 123/190 | 122/209 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 90/123 | 91/122 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/67 | 37/87 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 43% |
Holt made 3 aces (1 per match). Kwiatkowski recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Holt won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 13 |
| Converted | 18/30 | 13/19 |
| % Converted | 60% | 68% |
| Conceded | 16 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 7 |
The American broke his opponents 18 times with a 60% conversion rate. Holt surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Thai broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. Thai conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||||
| R1 Bicknell |
R2 Kirchheimer |
1/4 Cukierman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 23 | 69 | |
| pts | 91-71 | 69-49 | 79-53 | 239-173 | |
| Total points | 162 | 118 | 132 | 412 | |
| Winners | 35 | 29 | 26 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 34/47 | 38/62 | 123/190 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 72% | 61% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 29/34 | 26/38 | 90/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 85% | 68% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 6/13 | 14/24 | 35/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 58% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 4/10 | 7/10 | 18/30 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 40% | 70% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 67% | 50% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Kwiatkowski | |||||
| R1 Kuzuhara |
R2 Handel |
1/4 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | 6-3 7-66 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 21 | 65 | |
| pts | 79-64 | 79-72 | 66-58 | 224-194 | |
| Total points | 143 | 151 | 124 | 418 | |
| Winners | 23 | 36 | 32 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 46% | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 34/65 | 47/75 | 41/69 | 122/209 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 63% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 36/47 | 32/41 | 91/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 77% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 12/28 | 10/28 | 37/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 36% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/5 | 4/6 | 13/19 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 67% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 4/5 | 1/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 80% | 33% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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