Paul Jubb and Otto Virtanen will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Surbiton Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.9
Paul Jubb -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Paul Jubb vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Paul Jubb and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Paul Jubb
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-20 | 17-7 | 6-6 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 26-13 | 0-2 | 12-7 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-13 | 19-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 7-9 | 10-4 | 12-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-13 | 48-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 7-69.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-4 7-69). During the match, Jubb scored 82 points vs Kukushkin’s 71. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Jubb struck 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Paul Jubb was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Brit broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Jubb has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 77% of his matches (131-40). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Jubb has a compiled6-5 win-loss record in the last 6 years on grass.
Paul’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger.
Paul has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
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. 376, Otto got to the 2nd round after defeating Tim Van Rijthoven 6-3 3-6 7-5, Marius Copil 6-4 6-1 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-3 7-65). During the match Virtanen scored 70 points vs Kokkinakis’s 63. The Finn was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen bagged 18 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Otto Virtanen conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 70% of his first serves in, winning 85% (44/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Kokkinakis once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
The Finn’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
The Finn has a compiled 20-12 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jubb | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 69 |
| Pts | 82-71 | 221-190 |
| Total Points | 153 | 411 |
| Winners | 35 | 114 |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% |
Jubb played 1 match while Virtanen competed in 3 matches. Virtanen started his run from the qualifications while Jubb had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Otto Virtanen lost 1 set while Paul Jubb hasn’t lost a set so far. Jubb has played 5 set(s) less than Virtanen (2 vs 7). Therefore, Jubb played 46 games less than Virtanen. Jubb scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn managed to score 114 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jubb | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 12.7 |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 138/210 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 114/138 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 40/72 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Jubb fired 10 aces . Virtanen struck 38 aces (12.7 per match). Jubb won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Jubb | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 33% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Jubb broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jubb lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Jubb | |||
| R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-71 | 82-71 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 35/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Virtanen | |||||
| Q1 Van Rijthoven |
Q3 Copil |
R1 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 | 22 | 69 | |
| pts | 95-89 | 56-38 | 70-63 | 221-190 | |
| Total points | 184 | 94 | 133 | 411 | |
| Winners | 45 | 25 | 44 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% | 63% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 18 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 57/87 | 29/49 | 52/74 | 138/210 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 59% | 70% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 45/57 | 25/29 | 44/52 | 114/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 86% | 85% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 13/20 | 10/22 | 40/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 65% | 45% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 75% | 25% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 100% | 283% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger
- Denis KudlaKudla – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-75 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Jay ClarkeClarke (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 7-610 6-2) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Yuichi SugitaSugita (4-6 7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Denis KudlaKudla (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
