Brandon Holt

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Brandon Holt
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Holt at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Rolling Hills, California, U.S.
Born (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)
Torrance, California, U.S.
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College University of Southern California
Prize moneyUS$ 525,305
Singles
Career record2–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 180 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 181 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2023)
French Open Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon Q1 (2023)
US Open 2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 473 (10 February 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (2022)
Last updated on: 12 January 2025.

Brandon Holt (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Holt has been ranked as high as world No. 180 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in May 2023. He also attained his career-high doubles ranking of No. 473 in February 2020. He has won 12 singles and doubles titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour.

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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 Tour finals

Singles: 13 (9–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures/WTT (8–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jan 2024 Southern California Open Challenger, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Krueger 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–2 Jun 2024 Tyler Tennis Championships, USAChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg James Trotter 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win1–2 Jan 2025 Nonthaburi Challenger, ThailandChallengerHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Kopřiva 6–3, 6–2
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2018USA F24, ClaremontFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Martin Redlicki 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win2–0Jan 2019M25 Los Angeles, USAWTTHard Flag of Ecuador.svg Emilio Gómez 6–3, 6–3
Loss2–1Jun 2019M25 Wichita, USAWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Sam Riffice 1–6, 4–6
Win3–1Jan 2022M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Matt Kuhar6–0, 6–3
Win4–1Jan 2022M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Patiño 6–0, 6–3
Win5–1Jan 2022M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Emil Reinberg 7–5, 6–0
Win6–1Apr 2022M25 Nottingham, UKWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win7–1May 2022M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Flag of Luxembourg.svg Alex Knaff 6–1, 6–2
Loss7–2Jun 2022M15 Los Angeles, USAWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Zachary Svajda 5–7, 4–6
Win8–2Mar 2024M25 Bakersfield, USAWTTHard Flag of France.svg Timo Legout 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/WTT (5–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 2015USA F28, Laguna NiguelFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Riley Smith Flag of the United States.svg Junior A. Ore
Flag of the United States.svg Will Spencer		6–4, 6–3
Win2–0Jun 2017USA F17, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Riley Smith Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Eubanks
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win3–0Jul 2017USA F24, ChampaignFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Riley Smith Flag of the United States.svg Tomas Stillman
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Vinsant		3–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Win4–0Jul 2018USA F19, WichitaFuturesHard Flag of France.svg Maxime Cressy Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Yates Johnson 		3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win5–0Jun 2019M25 Wichita, USAWTTHard Flag of Moldova.svg Alexander Cozbinov Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Dunbar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Fox		7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss5–1Jan 2020M25 Los Angeles, USAWTTHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Ehrat Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman
Flag of the United States.svg Riley Smith		6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 2015 US Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Riley Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 		5–7, 6–7(3–7)

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  2. ↑ "Brandon Holt Secures ITA All-American Status Again". USC Trojans . May 30, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
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