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 27) 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 $ 950,010
Singles
Career record	3–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 99 (30 June 2025)
Current ranking	No. 99 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
French Open	Q1 (2023, 2025)
Wimbledon	1R (2025)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 473 (February 10, 2020)
Current ranking	No. 936 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Brandon Holt (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Holt has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 99 achieved on 29 June 2025. He also attained a doubles ranking of No. 473 on 10 February 2020.

Holt is the son of former professional tennis player Tracy Austin, a former WTA World No. 1 and two-time US Open Women's Singles champion. ^[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.

Professional 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] [6]} He lost in the second round to Pedro Cachín in five sets. ^[7]

2023: Masters debut

Holt qualified and made his major debut at the 2023 Australian Open, defeating Marco Trungelliti in the last round of qualifying. ^[8] He defeated fellow qualifier Aleksandar Vukic in five sets, ^{[9] [10]} before losing in the second round to 24th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in another match which went five sets. ^[11]

He qualified for the 2023 Dallas Open but lost to J. J. Wolf in straight sets. ^[12] Holt made his Masters 1000 main draw debut in Indian Wells as a wildcard, losing in straight sets to Thanasi Kokkinakis. ^[13]

2024: First Challenger final

Holt qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open but lost to fellow qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets. ^[14] Following this result and two Challenger finals, he returned to the top 250 on 16 June 2024. ^[15]

Ranked No. 227, he also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Cincinnati Open, losing to Arthur Fils in the first round. ^[16]

2025: Maiden Challenger title, top 100

Between January and early March 2025 Holt appeared in three ATP Challenger Tour finals, winning two, including the 2025 Bengaluru Open 125 Challenger. ^[17] These results led to a new career high singles ranking of No. 111 on 3 March 2025. ^[18]

Following his first round win over Benjamin Bonzi, after qualifying for the main draw at the 2025 Mallorca Championships, Holt reached the top 100 at world No. 99 on 30 June 2025. ^{[19] [20]}

Personal life

Holt is the son of former professional tennis player Tracy Austin, a former WTA World No. 1 and two-time US Open Women's Singles champion. His uncles Jeff and John, and his aunt Pam are also former professional tennis players. ^[21]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–3) ITF Futures/WTT (8–2)

Finals by surface Hard (10–5) 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, US	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2024	Tyler Tennis Championships, US	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
Loss	1–3	Feb 2025	Pune Challenger, India	Challenger	Hard	Dalibor Svrčina	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win	2–3	Feb 2025	Bengaluru Open, India	Challenger	Hard	Shintaro Mochizuki	6–3, 6–3

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, US	WTT	Hard	Emilio Gómez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jun 2019	M25 Wichita, US	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, US	WTT	Hard	Zachary Svajda	5–7, 4–6
Win	8–2	Mar 2024	M25 Bakersfield, US	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, US	WTT	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Jacob Dunbar David Fox	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	5–1	Jan 2020	M25 Los Angeles, US	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. "Former World No. 1 Tracy Austin's son Brandon Holt decides to turn pro". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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. "American qualifier Brandon Holt stuns Taylor Fritz at 2022 US Open". August 29, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
7. "US Open: The Holt fairy tale ends in match tiebreak". tennisnet.com. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
8. "17-Year-old Shang Charges Into Australian Open Main Draw". ATP Tour. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
9. "Holt Making Major Magic Again In Melbourne". January 19, 2023.
10. "Aussies at the Open: Kokkinakis steps into singles spotlight". AO. January 18, 2023.
11. "Australian Open 2023: Day four on Thursday". Reuters. January 19, 2023.
12. "Dallas Open: Wolf into second round, defeating Holt". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
13. Goodwin, Sam (March 9, 2023). "Thanasi Kokkinakis continues remarkable form in Indian Wells demolition". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved October 23, 2023.
14. "Los Cabos Open: Kovacevic advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
15. "BH Rankings History".
16. "Cincinnati Masters: Fils in second round, faces Nakshima next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
17. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Coric Finds His Top 20 Level". March 3, 2025.
18. "Former college No. 1 Spizzirri wins first Challenger title; Coric returns to winner's circle". March 9, 2025.
19. Holt reaches a new career-high ahead of facing Michelsen in Mallorca
20. "Tracy Austin reflects on journey of son Brandon Holt, set for Top 100 breakthrough". ATPTour. June 28, 2025.
21. "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