Brandon Holt vs Gabriel Diallo — Miami Masters Qualifying Round 2

Miami Masters · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
USA
Brandon Holt
#558ATP
1537ELO
1507Hard ELO
28 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
hard
Gabriel Diallo
CAN
Gabriel Diallo
#88ATP
1716ELO
1678Hard ELO
$480kYTD
$3.1MCAREER
24 yrs · 203 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Holt B.
6-4 2-6 7-5
Diallo G.
Holt B.
6272
Diallo G.
4651

Brandon Holt defeated Gabriel Diallo 6-4 2-6 7-5 in the Miami Masters qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Gabriel Diallo came in ranked #88. Brandon Holt extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Brandon Holt closed it out in three sets, 6–4 2–6 7–5.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-03-19Miami MastersQ2hardBrandon Holt6-4 2-6 7-5
2023-02-06DallasQ2hardBrandon Holt7-6(8) 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Holt B.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Diallo G.

Diallo G.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Holt B.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Holt B.Diallo G.
—
Serve
38
—
Return
14

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Holt B.Diallo G.
1st serve in·Even
68%
67%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
66%
Return points won·Even
38%
35%
Break points saved·Even
61%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.5
8.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
0.9
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Holt B.Diallo G.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
58
64
Break points saved·Slight edge
85
96
Break points won·Slight edge
31
24
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
87
Tiebreaks·Even
69
68

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Holt B.Diallo G.
Freshness·
—
85

Diallo G.: 10 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Fearnley J.
Boyer T.
6-26-4
Holt B.
Diallo G.
6-42-67-5
Harris B.
Gaston H.
7-56-2
Mcdonald M.
Kotov P.
6-26-2
Sakamoto R.
Duckworth J.
7-57-65
Oconnell C.
Trungelliti M.
6-26-3
Blockx A.
Atmane T.
6-46-4
Comesana F.
Mochizuki S.
7-647-5
Quinn E.
Ugo Carabelli C.
7-623-66-2
Tirante T.
Shevchenko A.
6-36-3
Tseng C.
Blanch D.
6-41-67-64
Schoolkate T.
Walton A.
6-36-4
Q1
Ugo Carabelli C.
Krueger M.
6-23-66-3
Quinn E.
Mannarino A.
3-66-46-2
Blockx A.
Virtanen O.
3-66-46-3
Oconnell C.
Draxl L.
7-56-0
Trungelliti M.
Ritschard A.
6-45-76-3
Gaston H.
Habib H.
6-26-4
Blanch D.
Daniel T.
6-786-06-3
Kotov P.
Galarneau A.
4-66-26-1
Harris B.
Ymer M.
6-767-656-3
Sakamoto R.
Majchrzak K.
6-46-756-2
Shevchenko A.
Klein L.
6-37-65
Tirante T.
Lajovic D.
6-46-3
Tseng C.
Moro Canas A.
7-666-2
Comesana F.
Mmoh M.
6-36-4
Mochizuki S.
Hanfmann Y.
7-656-4
Boyer T.
Uchiyama Y.
6-36-726-1
Fearnley J.
Boogaard T.
6-46-3
Walton A.
Kukushkin M.
6-16-4
Holt B.
Damm M.
4-66-26-2
Diallo G.
Watanuki Y.
6-16-736-3
Atmane T.
Nardi L.
6-37-64
Schoolkate T.
Napolitano S.
6-36-756-1
Duckworth J.
Gomez F.
7-57-5
Mcdonald M.
Basilashvili N.
6-16-743-2