Michael Geerts and Otto Virtanen will face off in the qualifications of the Rome 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on CAMPO 3. 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 Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.61
Otto Virtanen -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-32 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 328, the Belgian got to the qualifications after defeating Daniele Capecchi 6-1 2-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Michael defeated Capecchi (6-1 2-6 7-5).During the match, Geerts scored less points (2) than Capecchi. In fact, the world no. 328 won 106 points vs Capecchi’s. That means that Geerts was more focused during the important points. Michael was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Geerts bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 3 times and he saved 17 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (24/57) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Capecchi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Geerts has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (249-171). 6-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has an overall82-65 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Geerts has a compiled 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 1 Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-25 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 16-4 | 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. 371, Virtanen got to the qualifications after defeating Francesco Vilardo 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Otto had a good straight sets win against Vilardo (6-1 6-1). During the match Virtanen scored 63 points vs Vilardo’s 40. Otto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Vilardo 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Virtanen’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius.
Otto has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 14 |
| Pts | 106-108 | 63-40 |
| Total Points | 214 | 103 |
| Winners | 41 | 20 |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% |
Both Geerts and Virtanen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Michael Geerts conceded 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t conceded a set so far. Geerts has played 1 set more than Virtanen (3 vs 2). Therefore, Geerts played 13 games more than Virtanen. Michael scored 41 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Otto made 20 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/117 | 32/49 |
| %1st in | 51% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 20/32 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 24/57 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 65% |
Geerts bagged 9 aces . Virtanen managed to score 2 aces . Geerts won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 20 | 5 |
| Saved | 17 | 4 |
| % Saved | 85% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Michael broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Michael surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Virtanen broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | |||
| Q1 Capecchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 106-108 | 106-108 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/117 | 60/117 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/57 | 24/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 17/20 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Vilardo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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