Otto Virtanen and Michael Zheng will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court 10. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.45
Michael Zheng -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 3-7 | 5-7 | 16-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134, the Finn got to the qualifications after beating Emilio Gomez 1-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Gomez, Otto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Virtanen scored 81 points vs Gomez’s 78. Otto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen struck 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 57% of his first serves in, winning 55% (26/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Otto broke Gomez 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Virtanen has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (153-100). 2-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an overall10-12 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he beat Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5) and the Lille Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
The Finn has a compiled 24-23 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 553, the American got to the qualifications after beating Franco Agamenone 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-2 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 75 points vs Agamenone’s 51. Zheng was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Zheng was very efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zheng broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Palmas del Mar Challenger.
Zheng has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 |
| Pts | 81-78 | 75-51 |
| Total Points | 159 | 126 |
| Winners | 26 | 21 |
| %Winners | 32% | 28% |
Both Virtanen and Zheng played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Otto Virtanen lost 1 set while Michael Zheng hasn’t conceded a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set more than Zheng (3 vs 2). Therefore, Virtanen played 7 games more than Zheng. Virtanen scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 21 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 0 |
| 1st in | 47/83 | 29/52 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 26/47 | 21/29 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 70% |
Virtanen scored 8 aces . Zheng didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Virtanen won 55% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 56% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 20% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Otto broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Virtanen lost his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Zheng broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 81-78 | 81-78 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/83 | 47/83 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zheng | |||
| Q1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 75-51 | 75-51 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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