Learner Tien and Brandon Holt will play each other in the semifinal of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on TAD TAUBE 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 Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.4
Brandon Holt -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Brandon Holt

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 148 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-2 6-2, Toby Alex Kodat 7-5 6-4 and Patrick Kypson 1-6 6-3 6-0.

In the quarter against Kypson, Learner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Tien scored 75 points vs Kypson’s 64. The American was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tien managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kypson 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Learner has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Tien has a fantastic match record in the last 3 years having won 76% of his matches (93-30). 51-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an overall79-23 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he defeated Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he beat Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.

The American has an overall 51-9 win-loss record in 2024, 51-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 206, Brandon reached the semifinal after beating Murphy Cassone 7-6(5) 7-5, Eliot Spizzirri 7-5 7-5 and Dmitry Popko 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-2 6-4). During the match Holt scored 66 points vs Popko’s 48. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Holt couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Brandon Holt was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Holt broke Popko 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Holt hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Brandon’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger,M25 Bakersfield and the Tyler Challenger.

The American has an overall 38-26 win-loss record in 2024, 37-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Holt
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	60	67
Pts	216-177	236-196
Total Points	393	432
Winners	89	99
%Winners	41%	42%

Both Tien and Holt played 3 matches. At the moment, Learner Tien dropped 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tien has played 1 set more than Holt (7 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Tien played 7 games less than Holt. The American scored 89 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Holt blasted 99 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Holt
Aces	15	8
Avg per match	5	2.7
1st in	120/181	139/213
%1st in	66%	65%
1st pts	89/120	99/139
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	20/61	40/74
%2nd pts	33%	54%

Tien scored 15 aces (5 per match). Holt made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Tien won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 33% 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 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tien	Holt
Won	16	11
Converted	16/31	11/17
% Converted	52%	65%
Conceded	15	13
Saved	7	8
% Saved	47%	62%
Times Broken	8	5

Tien broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Tien surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Holt conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Oliveira	R2 Alex	1/4 Kypson	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 6-4	1-6 6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	16	22	22	60
pts	64-45	77-68	75-64	216-177
Total points	109	145	139	393
Winners	24	31	34	89
%Winners	38%	40%	45%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	7	15
Double Faults	4	3	3	10
1st in	31/49	43/62	46/70	120/181
% 1st in	63%	69%	66%	66%
1st pts	24/31	31/43	34/46	89/120
% 1st pts	77%	72%	74%	74%
2nd pts	5/18	7/19	8/24	20/61
% 2nd pts	28%	37%	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	6	5	5	16
Converted	6/12	5/9	5/10	16/31
Converted %	50%	56%	50%	52%
Conceded	6	3	6	15
Saved	4/6	0/3	3/6	7
Saved %	67%	0%	50%	39%
Times Broken	2	3	3	8

Holt
	R1 Cassone	R2 Spizzirri	1/4 Popko	Total
Score	7-65 7-5	7-5 7-5	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	25	24	18	67
pts	86-73	84-75	66-48	236-196
Total points	159	159	114	432
Winners	37	37	25	99
%Winners	43%	44%	38%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	0	8
Double Faults	2	0	1	3
1st in	52/74	54/86	33/53	139/213
% 1st in	70%	63%	62%	65%
1st pts	37/52	37/54	25/33	99/139
% 1st pts	71%	69%	76%	71%
2nd pts	12/22	16/32	12/20	40/74
% 2nd pts	55%	50%	60%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/8	4/4	4/5	11/17
Converted %	38%	100%	80%	65%
Conceded	2	8	3	13
Saved	0/2	6/8	2/3	8
Saved %	0%	75%	67%	47%
Times Broken	2	2	1	5

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