Pavel Kotov and Brandon Holt will square off in the 1st round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.68
Brandon Holt -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Brandon Holt
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-17 | 5-9 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-25 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, Kotov will start his run in the Manama Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-1 6-1 7-5 to Faria in the 1st round on the 13th of January.
Pavel has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Pavel has an overall 273-188 record. He has a positive 59-48 record on hard.
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-22 | 29-13 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 179 (career-high), Brandon will start his run in the Manama Challenger after he played his last match in Dallas where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Davidovich Fokina in the 1st round on the 3rd of February.
The American has an overall 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2.
In terms of his career, Holt has an overall 185-119 record. He has a positive 159-95 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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