Brandon Holt and Jie Cui will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 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 -> 1.25
Jie Cui -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Jie Cui
There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Holt
30 - 12win/loss
102
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LLWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-14 | 29-11 | 0-2 | 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. 110 (career-high), Brandon got to the 2nd round after defeating Rio Noguchi 7-6(3) 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (7-63 7-62). During the match, Holt scored 89 points vs Noguchi’s 82. Holt was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Holt struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Holt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 64% of his first serves in, winning 75% (42/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Noguchi 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Holt has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (205-128). 27-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has an aggregate 179-103 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat 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.
Holt has an aggregate 30-12 win-loss record in 2025, 27-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-12 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after defeating Yi Zhou 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cui had a good straight sets win against Zhou (6-4 6-4). During the match Cui scored 67 points vs Zhou’s 59. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Cui blasted 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jie Cui lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cui put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Cui broke Zhou 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger.
The Chinese has a composed 11-10 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 89-82 | 67-59 |
| Total Points | 171 | 126 |
| Winners | 42 | 25 |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% |
Both Holt and Cui played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Holt and Cui have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Holt played 6 games more than Cui. Holt scored 42 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Cui fired 25 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 33/61 |
| %1st in | 64% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 25/33 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 12/28 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 43% |
Holt managed to score 9 aces . Cui bagged 5 aces . Holt won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 75% | 42% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 63% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Holt broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Brandon dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Jie broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | |||
| R1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-82 | 89-82 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 56/87 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 12/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cui | |||
| R1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-59 | 67-59 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/61 | 33/61 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Alex BoltBolt (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Charles ChenChen (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-3 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jie CuiCui – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Li TuTu (6-4 6-78 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rigele TeTe (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-3 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Alex BoltBolt (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Charles ChenChen (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Omar JasikaJasika – (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Hugo GrenierGrenier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
