Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt

Holt at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Rolling Hills, California, U.S.
Born	(1998-04-06) April 6, 1998 (age 26) Torrance, California, U.S.
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Southern California
Prize money	US $640,883
Singles
Career record	2–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 179 (February 3, 2025)
Current ranking	No. 179 (February 3, 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
French Open	Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2023)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 473 (February 10, 2020)
Current ranking	No. 1412 (February 3, 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2022)
Last updated on: February 3, 2025.

Brandon Holt (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Holt has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 179, achieved on February 3, 2025. He also attained a doubles ranking of No. 473 on February 10, 2020.

In 2022, Holt qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament on his first attempt at the US Open and made headlines after upsetting 10th seed and world No. 12 Taylor Fritz in four sets in the first round.[1]

College career

Holt played collegiate tennis for the University of Southern California from 2016 to 2020, where he was named an All-American athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for three consecutive seasons,[2] before turning professional shortly thereafter.

Career

2020-2022: Turning Pro, Grand Slam debut and first win

Ranked No. 303, Holt made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 US Open as a qualifier after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov in the last round of qualifying.[3] He won his first Grand Slam level match, upsetting 10th seed and world No. 12 Taylor Fritz.[4] This was also Holt's first career win on the ATP Tour and his first top-15 win.[5] He lost in the second round to Pedro Cachín in five sets.[6]

2023-2025: Masters & top 200 debuts, First Challenger title

Holt qualified and made his major debut at the 2023 Australian Open, defeating Marco Trungelliti in the last round of qualifying.[7] He defeated fellow qualifier Aleksandar Vukic in five sets,[8] before losing in the second round to 24th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in another match which went five sets.[9]

He qualified for the 2023 Dallas Open but lost to J.J. Wolf in straight sets.[10] Holt made his main draw debut at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells as a wildcard, losing in straight sets to Thanasi Kokkinakis.[11]

Holt qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open but lost to fellow qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets.[12] Following this result and two Challenger finals, he returned to the top 250 on 16 June 2024.[13] Ranked No. 227, he also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Cincinnati Open, losing to Arthur Fils in the first round.[14]

Personal life

Holt is the son of former world No. 1 Tracy Austin, a former WTA World No. 1 and two-time US Open Women's Singles champion.[15]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (1–2) ITF Futures/WTT (8–2)

Finals by surface Hard (9–4) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2024	Southern California Open Challenger, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2024	Tyler Tennis Championships, USA	Challenger	Hard	James Trotter	2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	1–2	Jan 2025	Nonthaburi Challenger, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Vít Kopřiva	6–3, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	USA F24, Claremont	Futures	Hard	Martin Redlicki	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jan 2019	M25 Los Angeles, USA	WTT	Hard	Emilio Gómez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jun 2019	M25 Wichita, USA	WTT	Hard	Sam Riffice	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jan 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Matt Kuhar	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jan 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Luis Patiño	6–0, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jan 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Emil Reinberg	7–5, 6–0
Win	6–1	Apr 2022	M25 Nottingham, UK	WTT	Hard	Henry Patten	7–6^(7–2), 7–5
Win	7–1	May 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Alex Knaff	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–2	Jun 2022	M15 Los Angeles, USA	WTT	Hard	Zachary Svajda	5–7, 4–6
Win	8–2	Mar 2024	M25 Bakersfield, USA	WTT	Hard	Timo Legout	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures/WTT (5–1)

Finals by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	USA F28, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Riley Smith	Will Spencer Junior A. Ore	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 2017	USA F17, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Riley Smith	Christopher Eubanks Kevin King	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	3–0	Jul 2017	USA F24, Champaign	Futures	Hard	Riley Smith	Tomas Stillman Shane Vinsant	3–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Win	4–0	Jul 2018	USA F19, Wichita	Futures	Hard	Maxime Cressy	Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	5–0	Jun 2019	M25 Wichita, USA	WTT	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Jacob Dunbar David Fox	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	5–1	Jan 2020	M25 Los Angeles, USA	WTT	Hard	Sandro Ehrat	Riley Smith Daniel Cukierman	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2015	US Open	Hard	Riley Smith	Félix Auger-Aliassime Denis Shapovalov	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)

References

1. "American qualifier Brandon Holt stuns Taylor Fritz at 2022 US Open". August 29, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
2. "Brandon Holt Secures ITA All-American Status Again". USC Trojans. May 30, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
3. "Meet the 2022 US Open men's qualifiers". usopen.org. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
4. "Holt stuns fellow American Fritz in Grand Slam main draw debut". Reuters. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
5. "Qualifier Brandon Holt upsets 10th seed and top-ranked American Taylor Fritz at the US Open". ATP Tour. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
6. "US Open: The Holt fairy tale ends in match tiebreak". tennisnet.com. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
7. "17-Year-old Shang Charges Into Australian Open Main Draw". ATP Tour. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
8. "Australian Open: Holt reaches second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
9. "Australian Open: Bautista Agut comes back to reach third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
10. "Dallas Open: Wolf into second round, defeating Holt". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
11. Goodwin, Sam (March 9, 2023). "Thanasi Kokkinakis continues remarkable form in Indian Wells demolition". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
12. "Los Cabos Open: Kovacevic advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
13. "BH Rankings History".
14. "Cincinnati Masters: Fils in second round, faces Nakshima next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
15. "Former World No. 1 Tracy Austin's son Brandon Holt decides to turn pro". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

External links

• Brandon Holt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brandon Holt at the International Tennis Federation