Brandon Holt and Yu Hsiou Hsu will play each other in the quarter of the Busan Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.33
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Holt and Yu Hsiou Hsu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Hsiou (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Hsiou won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Guangzhou Challenger back in 2024.
Brandon Holt
26 - 10win/loss
116
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LWWWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-11 | 24-9 | 0-1 | 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. 116, Brandon got to the quarter after defeating Constant Lestienne 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4 and Alex Bolt 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-3 6-4). During the match, Holt scored 79 points vs Bolt’s 67. Brandon was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt struck 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 74% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Bolt 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Holt has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Holt has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (201-126). 23-8 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has a composed 175-101 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated 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 a compiled 26-10 win-loss record in 2025, 23-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-10 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 237, Hsiou reached the quarter after beating James Kent Trotter 6-3 6-3 and Sanhui Shin 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Hsiou had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-2 6-2). During the match Hsiou scored 55 points vs Shin’s 31. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yu broke Shin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Timaru.
The Chinese has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 34 |
| Pts | 172-160 | 130-84 |
| Total Points | 332 | 214 |
| Winners | 65 | 43 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Both Holt and Hsiou played 2 matches. At the moment, Brandon Holt dropped 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Holt has played 1 set more than Hsiou (5 vs 4). Therefore, Holt played 15 games more than Hsiou. Holt scored 65 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Hsiou scored 43 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 94/147 | 59/95 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 65/94 | 43/59 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 24/53 | 24/36 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 67% |
Holt bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Hsiou struck 2 aces (1 per match). Holt won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 39% | 39% |
| Conceded | 16 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 56% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Holt broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Hsiou broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Yu conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | ||||
| R1 Lestienne |
R2 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 | 49 | |
| pts | 93-93 | 79-67 | 172-160 | |
| Total points | 186 | 146 | 332 | |
| Winners | 38 | 27 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 43/58 | 94/147 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 74% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 27/43 | 65/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 6/15 | 24/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 40% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/15 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 3/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Hsiou | ||||
| R1 Kent Trotter |
R2 Shin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 75-53 | 55-31 | 130-84 | |
| Total points | 128 | 86 | 214 | |
| Winners | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 40% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 29/39 | 59/95 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 74% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 22/29 | 43/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 6/10 | 24/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 60% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/9 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 56% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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