Otto Virtanen and Felix Gill will square off in the qualifications of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.3
Felix Gill -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Felix Gill
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Felix Gill 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 | 27-15 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 16-1 | 5-2 | 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. 306 (career-high), the Finn got to the qualifications after defeating Arthur Fery 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Finn defeated Fery (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match, Virtanen scored 99 points vs Fery’s 84. Virtanen was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen recorded 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Finn broke Fery 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Virtanen has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (106-59). 6-1 on grass in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has a compiled6-1 record in the last 6 years on grass.
Otto’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
Otto has a composed 23-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
Felix Gill
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-18 | 4-2 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 7-4 | 36-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 1-2 | 24-13 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-19 | 0-0 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 435, the Brit got to the qualifications after defeating Oscar Weightman 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gill had a good straight sets win against Weightman (6-4 6-4). During the match Gill scored 68 points vs Weightman’s 58. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Gill recorded 6 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Felix Gill was quite effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Felix broke Weightman 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Felix’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Gill has an aggregate 20-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Gill |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 |
| Pts | 99-84 | 68-58 |
| Total Points | 183 | 126 |
| Winners | 36 | 27 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Virtanen and Gill played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Otto Virtanen lost 1 set while Felix Gill hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set more than Gill (3 vs 2). Therefore, Virtanen played 7 games more than Gill. Virtanen scored 36 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gill made 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Gill |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/96 | 35/56 |
| %1st in | 47% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Virtanen fired 13 aces . Gill managed to score 6 aces . Virtanen won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gill won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Gill |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Finn broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Virtanen lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Felix broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gill conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Fery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 99-84 | 99-84 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/96 | 45/96 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gill | |||
| Q1 Weightman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 68-58 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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