Brandon Holt and Bernard Tomic will face off in the 2nd round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 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 Brandon Holt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.39
Bernard Tomic -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Bernard Tomic
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Bernard Tomic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-9 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 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. 144 (career-high), Brandon got to the 2nd round after beating Valentin Vacherot 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Vacherot (6-4 6-4). During the match, Holt scored 64 points vs Vacherot’s 55. Brandon was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Holt recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Holt was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Vacherot twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Holt has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (193-121). 15-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holt has an aggregate 167-97 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2.
The American has an overall 18-5 win-loss record in 2025, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-8 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-29 | 34-19 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220, Bernard reached the 2nd round after beating Ilia Simakin 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4.
In the 1st round against Simakin, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-4).During the match Tomic scored less points (2) than Simakin. In fact, the world no. 144 won 88 points vs Simakin’s. That means that Tomic was more focused during the important points. Bernard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Bernard Tomic was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bernard broke Simakin twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Bernard has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 |
| Pts | 64-55 | 88-90 |
| Total Points | 119 | 178 |
| Winners | 29 | 49 |
| %Winners | 45% | 56% |
Both Holt and Tomic played 1 match. At the moment, Bernard Tomic surrendered 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t conceded a set so far. Holt has played 1 set(s) less than Tomic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Holt played 12 games less than Tomic. The American scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Tomic bagged 49 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 65/89 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 49/65 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 14/24 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Holt recorded 7 aces . Tomic blasted 1 ace . Holt won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 25% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Holt very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-55 | 64-55 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 35/62 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomic | |||
| R1 Simakin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 88-90 | 88-90 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/89 | 65/89 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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