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 and a doubles ranking of No. 473 achieved 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.
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: Masters debut 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 Masters 1000 main draw debut in Indian Wells as a wildcard, losing in straight sets to Thanasi Kokkinakis.
2024: First Challenger final 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.
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. These results led to a new career high singles ranking of No. 111 on 3 March 2025.
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.Holt reaches a new career-high ahead of facing Michelsen in Mallorca
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.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20222023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2RAQ2Q20 / 11–1French OpenAQ3 AQ1 0 / 00–0WimbledonAQ1 A1R 0 / 10–1US Open2RQ2Q11R0 / 21–2Win–loss1–11-10–00–20–00 / 42–4ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersQ1 R1AQ1 0 / 10–1Miami OpenAQ1AR10 / 10–1Monte Carlo MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAQ1R1R10 / 20–2Shanghai MastersNH AAQ1 0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–10–10–20–00 / 40–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–3)ITF Futures/WTT (8–2)Finals by surfaceHard (10–5)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Southern California Open, USChallengerHard Mitchell Krueger6–4, 3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Tyler Tennis Championships, USChallengerHard James Trotter2–6, 6–7(3–7)Win1–2Nonthaburi Challenger, ThailandChallengerHard Vít Kopřiva6–3, 6–2Loss1–3Pune Challenger, IndiaChallengerHard Dalibor Svrčina6–7(3–7), 1–6Win2–3Bengaluru Open, IndiaChallengerHard Shintaro Mochizuki6–3, 6–3
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0USA F24, ClaremontFuturesHard Martin Redlicki3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win2–0M25 Los Angeles, USWTTHard Emilio Gómez6–3, 6–3Loss2–1M25 Wichita, USWTTHard Sam Riffice1–6, 4–6Win3–1M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Matt Kuhar6–0, 6–3Win4–1M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Luis Patiño6–0, 6–3Win5–1M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Emil Reinberg7–5, 6–0Win6–1M25 Nottingham, UKWTTHard Henry Patten7–6(7–2), 7–5Win7–1M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Alex Knaff6–1, 6–2Loss7–2M15 Los Angeles, USWTTHard Zachary Svajda5–7, 4–6Win8–2M25 Bakersfield, USWTTHard Timo Legout6–4, 6–4
Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures/WTT (5–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F28, Laguna NiguelFuturesHard Riley Smith Will Spencer Junior A. Ore6–4, 6–3Win2–0USA F17, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Riley Smith Christopher Eubanks Kevin King7–6(7–4), 6–3Win3–0USA F24, ChampaignFuturesHard Riley Smith Tomas Stillman Shane Vinsant3–6, 6–1, [12–10]Win4–0USA F19, WichitaFuturesHard Maxime Cressy Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson3–6, 6–2, [10–6]Win5–0M25 Wichita, USWTTHard Alexander Cozbinov Jacob Dunbar David Fox7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss5–1M25 Los Angeles, USWTTHard Sandro Ehrat Riley Smith Daniel Cukierman6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2015US OpenHard Riley Smith Félix Auger-Aliassime Denis Shapovalov5–7, 6–7(3–7)
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