Brandon Holt and Yu Hsiou Hsu will face off in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 5^th 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 5^th 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 1^st round in the Gwangju Challenger back in April 2025.

Brandon Holt

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

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