Brandon Holt (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional

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player. Holt has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101 achieved on 26 May 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

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in four sets in the first round.

College career

Holt played collegiate tennis for the

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from 2016 to 2020, where he was named an

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athlete by the

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(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

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in the last round of qualifying. He won his first Grand Slam level match, upsetting 10th seed and world No. 12

. 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 100 debuts, First Challenger title

Holt qualified and made his major debut at the

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, defeating

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in the last round of qualifying. He defeated fellow qualifier Aleksandar Vukic in five sets, before losing in the second round to 24th seed

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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

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. 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

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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.

Personal life

Holt is the son of former professional tennis player

Tracy Austin Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Austin won 30 WTA Tour-level singles tit ...

, 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)

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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