Alex Bolt vs Darwin Blanch — Brisbane 2 CH Quarter-final

Brisbane 2 CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
Alex Bolt
AUS4
Alex Bolt
#166ATP
1588ELO
1541Hard ELO
$125kYTD
$2.2MCAREER
33 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 February 2026
hard
USA8
Darwin Blanch
#225ATP
1551ELO
1483Hard ELO
18 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLWLW
Bolt A.
7-5 6-3
Blanch D.
Bolt A.
762
Blanch D.
530

Alex Bolt defeated Darwin Blanch 7-5 6-3 in the Brisbane 2 CH quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Alex Bolt came in ranked #166, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Alex Bolt closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Bolt A.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Blanch D.

Blanch D.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Bolt A.

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

Statistics

This season
Bolt A.Blanch D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
49%
Service points won·Even
66%
64%
Return points won·Even
35%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
67%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
8.4
6.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 27). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Bolt A.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Blanch D.
5.6
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
5.7+58 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
4.3Hard Elo 1483
5.2Overall Elo 1588
ELO gap
4.8Overall Elo 1551
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.0
Surface form
4.0
7.03-match win streak
Win streak
0.0Lost last 4
Fatigue & Travel
6.7
Minutes 14d
7.0
0.0
3-set count
0.0
8.0
Prev. match
Context
6.0
Defending pts
5.0

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
Bolt A.Blanch D.
Freshness·Dominant
100
70

Bolt A.: 21 days rest · Blanch D.: 3 days rest · 3 matches, 74 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Zhang Z.
Bolt A.[4]
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Zhang Z.
Sakamoto R.[3]
6-16-4
Bolt A.[4]
Moriya H.
6-33-66-3
Quarter-finals
Sakamoto R.[3]
Tu L.
7-636-4
Bolt A.[4]
Blanch D.[8]
7-56-3
Moriya H.
Sweeny D.[2]
7-57-63
Zhang Z.
Matsuoka H.
6-37-5
R16
Blanch D.[8]
Weber A.
6-16-3
Matsuoka H.
Polmans M.
4-67-626-3
Zhang Z.
Uchiyama Y.[9]
6-47-67
Sakamoto R.[3]
Sinclair C.
7-56-3
Tu L.
Ellis B.
6-46-4
Moriya H.
Sach T.
6-766-06-4
Sweeny D.[2]
Imamura M.
6-36-2
Bolt A.[4]
Jasika O.
6-24-1
R32
Polmans M.
Mackenzie J.
7-52-66-1
Matsuoka H.
Delaney J.
6-46-4
Uchiyama Y.[9]
Hewitt C.
7-57-5
Sakamoto R.[3]
Mochizuki Y.
6-06-1
Sinclair C.
Hulme M.
5-77-646-4
Tu L.
Nakagawa N.
6-766-47-62
Weber A.
Jorda Sanchis D.
6-32-67-5
Jasika O.
Shiraishi H.
4-66-27-65
Moriya H.
Bouzige M.
6-46-4
Imamura M.
Dellavedova M.
3-66-46-3
Sweeny D.[2]
Daniel T.
7-56-4
Zhang Z.
Marinkov P.
7-646-3
Bolt A.[4]
Isomura K.
7-56-3
Ellis B.
Sun F.[7]
7-623-67-5
Blanch D.[8]
Denolly C.
6-47-5
Sach T.
Zhou Y.[6]
6-42-66-2