Brandon Holt

American tennis player (born 1998)

Brandon Holt
Singles
Holt at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Rolling Hills, California, U.S.
Born	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 25) 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$483,380
Career record	2–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 180 (22 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 296 (12 February 2024)
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 (10 February 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 20 February 2024.

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.

Career

2022: Grand Slam debut

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

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]

2024

He qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open but lost to fellow qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets.

Personal life

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

Singles: 11 (8–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (8–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
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, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Emilio Gómez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jun 2019	M25 Wichita, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sam Riffice	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jan 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Matt Kuhar	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jan 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Luis Patiño	6–0, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jan 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Emil Reinberg	7–5, 6–0
Win	6–1	Apr 2022	M25 Nottingham, UK	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Henry Patten	7–6^(7–2), 7–5
Win	7–1	May 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alex Knaff	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–2	Jun 2022	M15 Los Angeles, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Zachary Svajda	5–7, 4–6
Loss	7–3	Jan 2024	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	8–3	Mar 2024	M25 Bakersfield, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Timo Legout	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (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, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Jacob Dunbar David Fox	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	5–1	Jan 2020	M25 Los Angeles, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sandro Ehrat	Daniel Cukierman Riley Smith	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

^ "Brandon Holt Secures ITA All-American Status Again". USC Trojans. May 30, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ "Meet the 2022 US Open men's qualifiers". usopen.org. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
^ "Qualifier Brandon Holt upsets 10th seed and top-ranked American Taylor Fritz at the US Open". ATP Tour. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ "17-Year-Old Shang Charges Into Australian Open Main Draw". ATP Tour. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
^ Goodwin, Sam (March 9, 2023). "Thanasi Kokkinakis continues remarkable form in Indian Wells demolition". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "Former World No. 1 Tracy Austin's son Brandon Holt decides to turn pro". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved February 14, 2022.