Dimitar Kuzmanov and Otto Virtanen will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.40
Otto Virtanen -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 7-5 | 7-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189, Kuzmanov reached the 2nd round after beating Johan Nikles 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Nikles (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 74 points vs Nikles’s 69. Dimitar was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Nikles 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Kuzmanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (402-203). 12-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzmanov has an overall 224-119 record in the last years on clay.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger.
Dimitar has a composed 20-16 win-loss record in 2022, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The Bulgarian 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. 295, Virtanen got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Cukierman 6-4 7-65 and Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Otto had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-4). During the match Virtanen scored 68 points vs Kolar’s 59. Virtanen was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Virtanen struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Otto Virtanen was very efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Otto broke Kolar twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Virtanen’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
Otto has a composed 27-18 win-loss record in 2022, 3-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 43 |
| Pts | 74-69 | 152-133 |
| Total Points | 143 | 285 |
| Winners | 30 | 63 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Kuzmanov played 1 match while Virtanen competed in 2 matches. Virtanen started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Kuzmanov has played 2 set(s) less than Virtanen (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 23 games less than Virtanen. The Bulgarian scored 30 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Otto fired 63 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 80/138 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 63/80 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 31/58 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Kuzmanov scored 1 ace . Virtanen also blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Kuzmanov won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 30% | 31% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kuzmanov broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Nikles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-69 | 74-69 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 43/67 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Virtanen | |||||
| Q1 Cukierman |
Q3 Neuchrist |
R1 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 84-74 | – | 68-59 | 152-133 | |
| Total points | 158 | 0 | 127 | 285 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 63 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 0% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 42/75 | / | 38/63 | 80/138 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 0% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | / | 31/38 | 63/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 82% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | / | 13/25 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 0% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 2/7 | / | 2/6 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 0% | 33% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 100% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Gianluca MagerMager (6-74 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Jozef KovalikKovalik (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-0 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jerome KymKym (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Yshai OlielOliel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (2-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Johan NiklesNikles (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Facundo MenaMena (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Dennis NovakNovak (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
