Brandon Holt and Alex Bolt will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.36
Alex Bolt -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-20 | 29-11 | 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. 116, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Constant Lestienne 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 1st round against Lestienne, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-62 6-4). During the match, Holt and Lestienne scored the same amount of points (93). However, the world no. 116 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Holt blasted 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 57% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Holt broke Lestienne 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Holt has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (200-126). 22-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has an aggregate 174-101 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.
The American has an overall 25-10 win-loss record in 2025, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-15 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-3 7-64). During the match Bolt scored 82 points vs Watanuki’s 72. Bolt was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolt managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alex Bolt was quite effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bolt broke Watanuki 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Alex has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 |
| Pts | 93-93 | 82-72 |
| Total Points | 186 | 154 |
| Winners | 38 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% |
Both Holt and Bolt played 1 match. At the moment, Brandon Holt surrendered 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Holt has played 1 set more than Bolt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Holt played 8 games more than Bolt. Brandon scored 38 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Alex made 27 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 36/75 |
| %1st in | 57% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 27/36 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 51% |
Holt recorded 9 aces . Bolt scored 5 aces . Holt won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 30% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Holt broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Holt lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 93-93 | 93-93 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 51/89 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-72 | 82-72 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/75 | 36/75 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-77 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Sanhui ShinShin – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – James McCabeMcCabe (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Hyeon ChungChung – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Christopher EubanksEubanks (3-6 7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Sanhui ShinShin – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-7(7) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex BoltBolt – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – Li TuTu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Sanhui ShinShin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Omar JasikaJasika (2-0) – H2H and prediction
