# Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Holt has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 111, achieved on 3 March 2025. He also attained a doubles ranking of No. 473 on 10 February 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.

## 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, 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. He won his first Grand Slam level match, upsetting 10th seed and world No. 12 Taylor Fritz. This was also Holt's first career win on the ATP Tour and his first top-15 win. He lost in the second round to Pedro Cachín in five sets.

### 2023-2025: Masters & top 150 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. He defeated fellow qualifier Aleksandar Vukic in five sets, before losing in the second round to 24th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in another match which went five sets.
He qualified for the 2023 Dallas Open but lost to J.J. Wolf in straight sets. Holt made his main draw debut at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells as a wildcard, losing in straight sets to Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Holt qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open but lost to fellow qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets. Following this result and two Challenger finals, he returned to the top 250 on 16 June 2024. Ranked No. 227, he also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Cincinnati Open, losing to Arthur Fils in the first round.
Between January and early March 2025 Holt appeared in three ATP Challenger Tour finals, winning two, including the 2025 Bengaluru Open 125 Challenger. These results lead to a new career high singles ranking of No. 111 on 3 March 2025.

## 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.

## 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 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 |
| 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, 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$^{(3–7)}$ |