Who Will Win: Holt Vs Fils? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Brandon Holt Play Against Arthur Fils?

Holt and Fils are on the Day 2 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Tuesday 13 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In their first tour-level meeting, Brandon Holt from the USA will be facing Arthur Fils from France. Holt, who is 26 years old, is currently ranked at World No. 227 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 180 in May 2023. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 0-1 at the Los Cabos 1R and has not played in Cincinnati before.

Holt, the son of former WTA World No. 1 Tracy Austin, has had notable achievements in his career. He qualified and reached the 2R at the 2022 US Open and 2023 Australian Open, with his biggest career win being against No. 12 Fritz in New York. He also made it to the finals of the 2024 Indian Wells and 2024 Tyler Challenger events, and has won 8 titles with a record of 75-27 on the ITF Tour. During his time at the University of Southern California from 2017-2020, he was a four-time All-American and was named the 2019 Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year. As a former Top-50 junior, he reached the 2015 US Open boys’ doubles final with R. Smith as a wildcard, eventually finishing as runners-up to Auger-Aliassime/Shapovalov.

It is worth noting that in the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Q1, Holt faced Arthur Fils before and lost 6-1 6-1. However, Holt saved three match points in the qualifying round against Lajovic to make his second ATP Masters 1000 appearance after the 2023 Indian Wells, where he lost to Kokkinakis in the 1R. Holt has a 1-3 record against Top 50 players, including ATP Tour qualifying, with his victory against No. 12 Fritz at the 2022 US Open.

On the other hand, Arthur Fils is 20 years old and currently ranked at World No. 24, with his career-high

ranking being No. 20. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 24-19, including winning the title in Hamburg. Fils aims to become the youngest Frenchman to win a match in Cincinnati since Monfils in 2006.

Fils has achieved significant milestones in his career. In 2023, he broke into the Top 200 in January, the Top 100 in May, and the Top 50 in July, eventually reaching No. 20 in July 2024 after winning his second ATP Tour title in Hamburg. At the age of 18 years and 11 months, he became the youngest Frenchman to win an ATP Tour title since Gael Monfils in 2005 by lifting the 2023 Lyon title as the No. 112-ranked wildcard player. He also reached the semifinals at the 2023 Montpellier (losing to Sinner) and the 2023 Marseille (losing to Bonzi), becoming the youngest Frenchman to reach an ATP Tour SF since Gasquet in 2004. Fils made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris after qualifying and defeating Top-60 players Munar and Fognini, only to lose to [LL] Fognini in the 1R. In his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the 2021 Roland Garros, Fils defeated former Top-20 player Tomic and reached the boys’ singles final (losing to Van Assche) while also winning the boys’ doubles title with Mpetshi Perricard, achieving a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the junior rankings during the 2021 season. It is important to note that Fils has a 6-1 record against players ranked outside the Top 100 on hard courts at the tour-level, with his only loss coming against No. 110 Medjedovic at the 2023 Next Gen Finals.

The match between Holt and Fils is set to take place at Holcim Stadium.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Holt will win.
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