Brandon Holt vs Jie Cui — Guangzhou CH Round of 16

Guangzhou CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
USA2
Brandon Holt
#657ATP
1537ELO
1507Hard ELO
28 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 April 2025
hard
CHN
Jie Cui
#470ATP
1383ELO
1354Hard ELO
28 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWWLLL
Holt B.
7-6 7-6
Cui J.
Holt B.
79772
Cui J.
67640

Brandon Holt defeated Jie Cui 7-6 7-6 in the Guangzhou CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jie Cui came in ranked #470, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Holt B.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Cui J.

Cui J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Holt B.

Serve advantage — Holt B.

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

Statistics

This season
Holt B.Cui J.
1st serve in·Even
68%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
38%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.3
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
0.9
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 47). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Holt B.Cui J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
58
0
Break points saved·Dominant
85
31
Break points won·Clear edge
31
11
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
16
Tiebreaks·Dominant
69
10

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Holt B.
7.2
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Cui J.
5.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
8.0+154 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.0Hard Elo 1354
8.0Overall Elo 1537
ELO gap
2.0Overall Elo 1383
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.2
Surface form
3.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 3
Fatigue & Travel
1.9
Minutes 14d
8.3
0.0
3-set count
7.0
Prev. match
9.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Holt B.Cui J.
Freshness·
—
100

Cui J.: 16 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Atmane T.[4]
Schoolkate T.[3]
6-37-64
Semi-finals
Schoolkate T.[3]
Kachmazov A.
6-36-746-4
Atmane T.[4]
Holt B.[2]
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Schoolkate T.[3]
Grenier H.[6]
6-46-4
Atmane T.[4]
Simakin I.
1-67-647-5
Holt B.[2]
Hsu Y.
6-46-3
Kachmazov A.
Mccabe J.[7]
7-656-4
R16
Kachmazov A.
Walton A.[1]
4-67-626-2
Mccabe J.[7]
Jasika O.
6-41-66-2
Grenier H.[6]
Bouzige M.
6-47-5
Atmane T.[4]
Sharipov M.
7-57-63
Hsu Y.
Escoffier A.
6-33-66-2
Simakin I.
Watanuki Y.
6-47-66
Schoolkate T.[3]
Shimabukuro S.
6-20-0
Holt B.[2]
Cui J.
7-677-64
R32
Holt B.[2]
Noguchi R.
7-637-62
Walton A.[1]
Ilagan A.
6-37-63
Kachmazov A.
Sun F.
6-47-65
Jasika O.
Langmo C.
6-47-65
Mccabe J.[7]
Samrej K.
6-36-736-3
Shimabukuro S.
Bolt A.
3-66-46-1
Bouzige M.
Roh H.
6-36-1
Watanuki Y.
Tu L.[5]
6-46-786-3
Simakin I.
Mo Y.
6-17-63
Escoffier A.
Svajda Z.
6-46-4
Atmane T.[4]
Te R.
5-76-36-1
Hsu Y.
Lestienne C.[8]
7-56-4
Cui J.
Zhou Y.
6-46-4
Schoolkate T.[3]
Peniston R.
6-44-66-4
Grenier H.[6]
Chen C.
6-26-4
Sharipov M.
Rosenkranz M.
6-33-66-4