Brandon Holt and Yu Hsiou Hsu will face off in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.34
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
This will be the 5th time that Brandon Holt and Yu Hsiou Hsu clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Holt and Hsiou (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Holt won 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in the Gwangju Challenger back in April 2025.
Brandon Holt
31 - 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), Holt got to the quarter after beating Rio Noguchi 7-6(3) 7-6(2) and Jie Cui 7-6(7) 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Cui (7-67 7-64). During the match, Holt scored 85 points vs Cui’s 71. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Holt overpowered his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Holt was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon broke Cui once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Holt hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Holt has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (206-128). 28-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Holt has an overall 180-103 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season 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.
Holt has a composed 31-12 win-loss record in 2025, 28-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-13 | 18-13 | 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. 235, Hsiou reached the quarter after beating Constant Lestienne 7-5 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier 6-3 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Yu defeated Escoffier (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match Hsiou scored 81 points vs Escoffier’s 62. Hsiou was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou blasted 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 64% of his first serves in, winning 81% (39/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Escoffier 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Hsiou’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Timaru.
Hsiou has a composed 18-11 win-loss record in 2025, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holt | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 48 |
| Pts | 174-153 | 156-124 |
| Total Points | 327 | 280 |
| Winners | 84 | 73 |
| %Winners | 48% | 47% |
Both Holt and Hsiou played 2 matches. At the moment, Yu Hsiou Hsu lost 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Holt has played 1 set(s) less than Hsiou (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Holt played 4 games more than Hsiou. Brandon scored 84 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Yu recorded 73 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holt | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 105/161 | 95/145 |
| %1st in | 65% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 84/105 | 73/95 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 29/56 | 22/50 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 44% |
Holt struck 30 aces (15 per match). Hsiou blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Holt won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holt | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 9/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 69% |
| Conceded | 13 | 12 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 69% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Brandon broke his opponents 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holt | ||||
| R1 Noguchi |
R2 Cui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-62 | 7-67 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
| pts | 89-82 | 85-71 | 174-153 | |
| Total points | 171 | 156 | 327 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 21 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 49/74 | 105/161 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/49 | 84/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 17/25 | 29/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 68% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/2 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 80% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hsiou | ||||
| R1 Lestienne |
R2 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 81-62 | 156-124 | |
| Total points | 137 | 143 | 280 | |
| Winners | 34 | 39 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 48/75 | 95/145 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 39/48 | 73/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/27 | 22/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 41% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/6 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 83% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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