American tennis player (born 1998)
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 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in May 2023. He also attained his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 473 in February 2020.
The son of former world No. 1 Tracy Austin , 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,[1] before turning professional shortly thereafter. Since 2015, he has won 12 singles and doubles titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour . 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 Taylor Fritz in four sets in the first round.
2022: Grand Slam debut [ edit ]
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.[2] He won his first Grand Slam level match, upsetting 10th seed Taylor Fritz . This was also Holt's first career win on the ATP Tour.[3]
2023: Australian Open and Masters debuts [ edit ]
In January 2023, Holt qualified and made his debut at the 2023 Australian Open , defeating Marco Trungelliti in the last round of qualifying.[4] He recorded his first win at this Major after defeating fellow qualifier Aleksandar Vukic in five sets.
He qualified for the 2023 Dallas Open but lost to J.J. Wolf in straight sets.
He made his main draw debut at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells as a wildcard, losing in straight sets to Thanasi Kokkinakis .[5]
He qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open but lost to fellow qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets.
Holt is the son of Tracy Austin , a former WTA World No. 1 and two-time US Open Women's Singles champion.[6]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures/WTT (8–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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
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)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 2015
USA F28, Laguna Niguel
Futures
Hard
Riley Smith
Junior A. Ore Will Spencer
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
Daniel Cukierman Riley Smith
6–7(4–7) , 6–7(5–7)
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]