Pavel Kotov and Otto Virtanen will clash against each other in the quarter of the Roanne Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on COURT PIERRE TROISGROS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.52
Otto Virtanen -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-22 | 9-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-25 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-3 and Pablo Andujar 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Andujar (6-0 6-3). During the match, Kotov scored 67 points vs Andujar’s 46. Kotov was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kotov struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Andujar 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pavel hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Kotov has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (207-126). 12-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a composed78-41 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Kotov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Forli 3 Challenger and the San Marino Challenger.
Kotov has a compiled 37-18 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-24 | 4-9 | 5-9 | 12-6 | 6-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 24-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 195 (career-high), Otto got to the quarter after beating Hugo Grenier 6-4 7-66 and Ugo Blanchet 6-74 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Blanchet, The Finn recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-1). During the match Virtanen scored 108 points vs Blanchet’s 88. Otto was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen made 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (49/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Otto broke Blanchet 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Virtanen has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Virtanen’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius,M15 Kouvola and the Bergamo Challenger.
Otto has a compiled 44-29 win-loss record in 2022, 23-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 53 |
| Pts | 132-92 | 187-158 |
| Total Points | 224 | 345 |
| Winners | 52 | 84 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Kotov and Virtanen played 2 matches. At the moment, Otto Virtanen lost 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kotov has played 1 set(s) less than Virtanen (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kotov played 19 games less than Virtanen. Pavel scored 52 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Virtanen struck 84 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 68/116 | 110/169 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 52/68 | 84/110 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 29/59 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Kotov recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). Virtanen made 21 aces (10.5 per match). Kotov won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/15 | 7/21 |
| % Converted | 60% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 78% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | ||||
| R1 Ritschard |
R2 Andujar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 67-46 | 132-92 | |
| Total points | 111 | 113 | 224 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 36/59 | 68/116 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/32 | 23/36 | 52/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 64% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 10/23 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 43% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 7/11 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 64% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 Grenier |
R2 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | 6-74 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 30 | 53 | |
| pts | 79-70 | 108-88 | 187-158 | |
| Total points | 149 | 196 | 345 | |
| Winners | 35 | 49 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 15 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 66/101 | 110/169 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 49/66 | 84/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 17/35 | 29/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 5/13 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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