Brandon Holt and Rio Noguchi will play each other in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.33
Rio Noguchi -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Rio Noguchi

There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Rio Noguchi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt

29 - 12win/loss

Hard
26-10
I Hard
3-1
Clay
0-1
Rank
113
High
99
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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. 110 (career-high), Holt will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(2) to Watanuki in the quarter on the 25th of April.

Brandon has a composed 29-12 win-loss record in 2025, 26-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year 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 204-128 record. He has a positive 178-103 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Guangzhou Challenger
Holt's Record

Rio Noguchi

Rio Noguchi

17 - 10win/loss

Hard
17-10
I Hard
0-0
Rank
242
High
196
LLLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-30 36-30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 41-31 36-22 1-4 0-2 4-3 0-0
2023 19-31 12-18 2-7 2-2 3-4 0-0
2022 54-22 41-10 9-9 0-1 4-2 0-0
2021 25-26 18-18 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 254, the Japanese will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4

to Kachmazov in the 2nd round on the 24th of April.

Noguchi has a composed 17-10 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.

In terms of his career, Noguchi has an overall 346-238 record. He has a positive 241-150 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Guangzhou Challenger
Noguchi's Record

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