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

Pavel Kotov

1 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
454
High
50
LWLWWWLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-22 9-14 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.

Manama Challenger
Kotov's Record

Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt

10 - 3win/loss

Hard
7-2
I Hard
3-1
Rank
113
High
99
LLLWWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 44-30 32-18 0-2 5-4 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.

Manama Challenger
Holt's Record

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