Brandon Holt and Shintaro Mochizuki will play each other in the final of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE 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.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.44
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Shintaro Mochizuki

There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 144 (career-high), Holt reached the final after beating Valentin Vacherot 6-4 6-4, Bernard Tomic 5-7 6-4 6-4, Petr Bar Biryukov 6-4 6-4 and Billy Harris 6-2 7-6(4).

In the semifinal, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-2 7-6⁴). During the match, Holt scored 73 points vs Harris’s 59. Holt was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Holt scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Holt was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon broke Harris 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Holt has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (196-121). 18-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Holt has a compiled 170-97 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2.

Holt has a composed 21-5 win-loss record in 2025, 18-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger

Holt has never competed in this tournament before.

Shintaro Mochizuki

Ranked no. 167, Mochizuki got to the final after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(3) 7-5, Jay Clarke 5-7 6-1 6-2, Hynek Barton 7-6(5) 6-3 and James McCabe 6-1 3-6 6-4.

In the semifinal, Shintaro defeated McCabe (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Mochizuki scored 105 points vs McCabe’s 100. Mochizuki was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Mochizuki scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Shintaro Mochizuki lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 52% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (18/50) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke McCabe 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mochizuki has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Noumea Challenger where he beat Moerani Bouzige in the final 6-1 6-3.

Mochizuki has a compiled 14-5 win-loss record in 2025, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Holt	Mochizuki
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	93	100
Pts	306-271	357-314
Total Points	577	671
Winners	132	142
%Winners	43%	40%

Both Holt and Mochizuki played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Holt surrendered 1 set, while Shintaro Mochizuki dropped 2 sets. Holt has played 1 set(s) less than Mochizuki (9 vs 10). Therefore, Holt played 7 games less than Mochizuki. Brandon scored 132 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mochizuki recorded 142 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Holt	Mochizuki
Aces	22	16
Avg per match	5.5	4
1st in	180/285	190/330
%1st in	63%	58%
1st pts	132/180	142/190
%1st pts	73%	75%
2nd pts	64/105	67/140
%2nd pts	61%	48%

Holt managed to score 22 aces (5.5 per match). Mochizuki scored 16 aces (4 per match). Holt won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Holt	Mochizuki
Won	12	17
Converted	12/33	17/38
% Converted	36%	45%
Conceded	22	26
Saved	17	17
% Saved	77%	65%
Times Broken	5	9

Holt broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mochizuki conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Holt
	R1 Vacherot	R2 Tomic	1/4 Bar	1/2 Harris	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	5-7 6-4 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-2 7-64
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	20	32	20	21	93
pts	64-55	102-98	67-59	73-59	306-271
Total points	119	200	126	132	577
Winners	29	42	32	29	132
%Winners	45%	41%	48%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	9	3	3	22
Double Faults	1	2	2	1	6
1st in	35/62	62/96	42/63	41/64	180/285
% 1st in	56%	65%	67%	64%	63%
1st pts	29/35	42/62	32/42	29/41	132/180
% 1st pts	83%	68%	76%	71%	73%
2nd pts	16/27	21/34	11/21	16/23	64/105
% 2nd pts	59%	62%	52%	70%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	4	3	3	12
Converted	2/8	4/10	3/6	3/9	12/33
Converted %	25%	40%	50%	33%	36%
Conceded	4	6	6	6	22
Saved	4/4	3/6	5/6	5/6	17
Saved %	100%	50%	83%	83%	79%
Times Broken	0	3	1	1	5

Mochizuki
	R1 Ramanathan	R2 Clarke	1/4 Barton	1/2 McCabe	Total
Score	7-63 7-5	5-7 6-1 6-2	7-65 6-3	6-1 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	25	27	22	26	100
pts	84-76	92-71	76-67	105-100	357-314
Total points	160	163	143	205	671
Winners	36	29	34	43	142
%Winners	43%	32%	45%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	3	5	1	16
Double Faults	4	2	0	6	12
1st in	49/77	43/80	43/68	55/105	190/330
% 1st in	64%	54%	63%	52%	58%
1st pts	36/49	29/43	34/43	43/55	142/190
% 1st pts	73%	67%	79%	78%	75%
2nd pts	14/28	20/37	15/25	18/50	67/140
% 2nd pts	50%	54%	60%	36%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	7	2	5	17
Converted	3/10	7/9	2/6	5/13	17/38
Converted %	30%	78%	33%	38%	45%
Conceded	3	5	3	15	26
Saved	1/3	1/5	3/3	12/15	17
Saved %	33%	20%	100%	80%	58%
Times Broken	2	4	0	3	9

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