Brandon Holt and Bruno Kuzuhara will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Indian Wells 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on PC3. 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 -> 1.26
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Bruno Kuzuhara 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 | 22-13 | 21-11 | 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 Ryan Seggerman 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Seggerman (6-3 6-4). During the match, Holt scored 66 points vs Seggerman’s 55. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Holt conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Holt was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Seggerman twice.
Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (141-88). 9-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has a composed124-72 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Holt’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger.
Holt has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger
Bruno Kuzuhara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-14 | 3-2 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 488, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Edan Leshem 7-5 6-2, Stefan Kozlov 7-66 6-4 and Matija Pecotic 7-65 0-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Pecotic (7-65 0-6 6-2).During the match Kuzuhara scored less points (5) than Pecotic. In fact, the world no. 244 won 86 points vs Pecotic’s. That means that Kuzuhara was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzuhara scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 73% of his first serves in, winning 59% (44/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Kuzuhara broke Pecotic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kuzuhara has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 70 |
| Pts | 66-55 | 237-218 |
| Total Points | 121 | 455 |
| Winners | 33 | 108 |
| %Winners | 50% | 46% |
Holt played 1 match while Kuzuhara competed in 3 matches. Kuzuhara started his run from the qualifications while Holt had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Bruno Kuzuhara dropped 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t lost a set so far. Holt has played 5 set(s) less than Kuzuhara (2 vs 7). Therefore, Holt played 51 games less than Kuzuhara. The American scored 33 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno scored 108 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 48/68 | 179/241 |
| %1st in | 71% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 108/179 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 26/62 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 42% |
Holt bagged 3 aces . Kuzuhara struck 1 ace (0.3 per match). Holt won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 15 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 15/22 |
| % Converted | 100% | 68% |
| Conceded | 6 | 27 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 12 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Brandon very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Bruno broke his opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. Bruno conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Seggerman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 66-55 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/68 | 48/68 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuzuhara | |||||
| Q1 Leshem |
Q3 Kozlov |
R1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | 7-65 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 27 | 70 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 80-75 | 86-91 | 237-218 | |
| Total points | 123 | 155 | 177 | 455 | |
| Winners | 29 | 35 | 44 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 51% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/64 | 59/75 | 74/102 | 179/241 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 79% | 73% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 35/59 | 44/74 | 108/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 59% | 59% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 5/16 | 12/28 | 26/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 31% | 43% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/9 | 4/5 | 15/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 56% | 80% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/6 | 10/15 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 67% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Indian Wells 2 Challenger
- Tim HandelHandel – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-65 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thomas Fancutt/Ajeet RaiFancutt/Ajeet Rai – Mac Kiger/Benjamin SigouinKiger/Benjamin Sigouin (6-4 3-6 10-6) – See score progression
- Bor ArtnakArtnak – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Ozan BarisBaris (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Trevor SvajdaSvajda – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-6 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Evan ZhuZhu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Lucas GerchGerch (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Omni KumarKumar (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Bor ArtnakArtnak – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-6(5) 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Ozan BarisBaris (7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Tim HandelHandel – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim HandelHandel – Andre IlaganIlagan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
