Brandon Holt and Corentin Denolly will square off in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.
Brandon Holt -> 1.28
Corentin Denolly -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Corentin Denolly
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Corentin Denolly since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Brandon Holt
| 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. 115, Brandon will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in the Morelia Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Huesler in the 1st round on the 24th of March.
Brandon has an overall 24-9 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he beat Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Holt has an overall 199-125 record. He has a flat 7-7 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
Corentin Denolly
8 - 8win/loss
383
269
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-29 | 3-6 | 25-21 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-23 | 0-0 | 55-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 32-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 2-4 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, the French player reached the 1st round after defeating James Kent Trotter 6-3 2-6 6-3 and Adrian Mannarino 6-4 5-7 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, Corentin defeated Mannarino (6-4 5-7 7-65).During the match Denolly scored less points (4) than Mannarino. In fact, the world no. 115 won 119 points vs Mannarino’s. That means that Denolly was more focused during the important points. Denolly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 61 winners.
About the serving games, Denolly blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Corentin Denolly lost the serve 3 times and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Denolly put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (61/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Corentin broke Mannarino 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Denolly has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 5-7 7-65) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-75 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Adam WaltonWalton (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Corentin DenollyDenolly (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-0) – H2H and prediction