Brandon Holt and Otto Virtanen will face off in the semifinal of the Birmingham Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.56
Brandon Holt -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Otto Virtanen

There is no head to head record between Brandon Holt and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 101 (career-high), the American got to the semifinal after defeating James Duckworth 6-2 7-5, Murphy Cassone 6-2 6-2 and Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-4 6-3). During the match, Holt scored 56 points vs Mannarino’s 49. Brandon was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Holt made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Holt was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Mannarino twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Holt hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Holt has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (210-130). 3-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Holt has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the year 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 beat Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.

Holt has an overall 35-14 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Birmingham Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 114, Otto got to the semifinal after beating Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(4) 6-3, Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1

and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-2 7-5.

In the quarter, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (6-2 7-5). During the match Virtanen scored 59 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 43. The Finn was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen blasted 6 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Otto Virtanen was quite efficient on serve to win 94% (31/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Finn was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lam Coleman Wong 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Otto has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Virtanen has a compiled 11-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Holt	Virtanen
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	55	71
Pts	189-146	237-181
Total Points	335	418
Winners	93	111
%Winners	49%	47%

Both Holt and Virtanen played 3 matches. At the moment, Otto Virtanen conceded 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Holt has played 1 set(s) less than Virtanen (6 vs 7). Therefore, Holt played 16 games less than Virtanen. The American scored 93 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Otto bagged 111 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Holt	Virtanen
Aces	21	39
Avg per match	7	13
1st in	127/184	128/209
%1st in	69%	61%
1st pts	93/127	111/128
%1st pts	73%	87%
2nd pts	33/57	51/81
%2nd pts	58%	63%

Holt recorded 21 aces (7 per match). Virtanen made 39 aces (13 per match). Holt won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Holt	Virtanen
Won	10	7
Converted	10/13	7/22
% Converted	77%	32%
Conceded	6	5
Saved	5	5
% Saved	83%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Brandon broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Virtanen was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Holt
	R1 Duckworth	R2 Cassone	1/4 Mannarino	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-2 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	16	19	55
pts	73-61	60-36	56-49	189-146
Total points	134	96	105	335
Winners	35	24	34	93
%Winners	48%	40%	61%	49%
SERVE
Aces	8	6	7	21
Double Faults	2	0	1	3
1st in	49/76	33/46	45/62	127/184
% 1st in	64%	72%	73%	69%
1st pts	35/49	24/33	34/45	93/127
% 1st pts	71%	73%	76%	73%
2nd pts	12/27	11/13	10/17	33/57
% 2nd pts	44%	85%	59%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	2	10
Converted	4/5	4/5	2/3	10/13
Converted %	80%	80%	67%	77%
Conceded	5	0	1	6
Saved	4/5	0/0	1/1	5
Saved %	80%	–	100%	60%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Virtanen
	R1 Vukic	R2 Huesler	1/4 Lam Coleman Wong	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	6-3 6-76 6-1	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	29	20	71
pts	75-60	103-78	59-43	237-181
Total points	135	181	102	418
Winners	34	46	31	111
%Winners	45%	45%	53%	47%
SERVE
Aces	15	18	6	39
Double Faults	3	4	0	7
1st in	41/68	54/92	33/49	128/209
% 1st in	60%	59%	67%	61%
1st pts	34/41	46/54	31/33	111/128
% 1st pts	83%	85%	94%	87%
2nd pts	18/27	24/38	9/16	51/81
% 2nd pts	67%	63%	56%	63%
Breaks
Won	1	3	3	7
Converted	1/6	3/13	3/3	7/22
Converted %	17%	23%	100%	32%
Conceded	1	4	0	5
Saved	1/1	4/4	0/0	5
Saved %	100%	100%	–	67%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Birmingham Challenger

• Colton SmithSmith – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alex BoltBolt (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-7(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alex BoltBolt (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction