Marc Polmans and Brandon Holt will square off in the 2nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.
Brandon Holt -> 1.75
Marc Polmans -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Brandon Holt
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
11 - 17win/loss
250
116
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-27 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Alexis Galarneau 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 1st round against Galarneau, Polmans recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 6-4).During the match, Polmans scored less points (1) than Galarneau. In fact, the world no. 208 won 99 points vs Galarneau’s. That means that Polmans was more focused during the important points. Polmans was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Polmans struck 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Polmans broke Galarneau 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Polmans has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (309-240). 5-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has a composed 177-133 match record in the last years on hard.
Polmans’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 11-16 win-loss record in 2024, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Marc has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Holt
32 - 18win/loss
200
180
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 37-24 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 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. 238, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrew Fenty 6-1 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Fenty (6-1 7-64). During the match Holt scored 81 points vs Fenty’s 61. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Holt scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Holt lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 72% of his first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Fenty 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Brandon’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger,M25 Bakersfield and the Tyler Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 31-18 win-loss record in 2024, 30-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 |
| Pts | 99-100 | 81-61 |
| Total Points | 199 | 142 |
| Winners | 42 | 35 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Polmans and Holt played 1 match. At the moment, Marc Polmans surrendered 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Polmans has played 1 set more than Holt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Polmans played 11 games more than Holt. Polmans scored 42 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Holt managed to score 35 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 63/93 | 49/68 |
| %1st in | 68% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 35/49 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 6/19 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 32% |
Polmans made 3 aces . Holt struck 1 ace . Polmans won 67% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 44% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Marc broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Holt broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Galarneau | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-100 | 99-100 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 63/93 | 63/93 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Fenty | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 81-61 | 81-61 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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