Yu Hsiou Hsu and Brandon Holt will square off in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.87
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 2nd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Brandon Holt square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hsiou Hsu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Hsiou Hsu won 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger back in January 2024.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-13 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 245, Yu got to the 2nd round after beating Yan Bai 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Hsiou Hsu had a good straight sets win against Bai (6-2 6-3). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 58 points vs Bai’s 41. Hsiou Hsu was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu made 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Bai 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (239-137). 12-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a compiled207-103 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Yu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa.
Yu has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Hsiou Hsu has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Holt
21 - 10win/loss
298
180
LLWLWLWLWW | 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. 267, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Max Purcell 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Purcell (6-3 6-3). During the match Holt scored 72 points vs Purcell’s 60. Holt was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Holt was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Purcell 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Holt’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger and M25 Bakersfield.
Brandon has an aggregate 21-10 win-loss record in 2024, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 |
| Pts | 58-41 | 72-60 |
| Total Points | 99 | 132 |
| Winners | 20 | 27 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Hsiou Hsu and Holt played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hsiou Hsu and Holt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hsiou Hsu played 1 game less than Holt. Hsiou Hsu scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Holt scored 27 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 38/70 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 27/38 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 56% |
Hsiou Hsu scored 2 aces . Holt made 7 aces . Hsiou Hsu won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 27% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Yu broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chinese surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Holt was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
| Hsiou Hsu | |||
| R1 Bai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-41 | 58-41 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 38/70 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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