Manuel Guinard and Otto Virtanen will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Liberec Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on PERNERKA COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Manuel Guinard who should win in 3 sets.
Manuel Guinard -> 1.61
Otto Virtanen -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Manuel Guinard vs. Otto Virtanen
This will be the 2nd time that Manuel Guinard and Otto Virtanen face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Guinard (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Guinard won 6-4 6-4
in the 1st round in M25 The Hague back in 2021.Manuel Guinard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-12 | 3-3 | 0-4 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-25 | 7-4 | 17-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 0-2 | 26-22 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-35 | 1-4 | 21-20 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 1-2 | 29-19 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Guinard reached the 2nd round after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Manuel had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-3 6-4). During the match, Guinard scored 64 points vs Yevseyev’s 52. Guinard was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Guinard struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Manuel Guinard lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Guinard put 46% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Guinard broke Yevseyev 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Guinard has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (273-182). 20-16 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Guinard has an aggregate181-104 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Guinard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger.
Manuel has a compiled 26-23 win-loss record in 2022, 20-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec 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. 272, Otto reached the 2nd round after defeating Lukas Neumayer 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Neumayer, Virtanen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Virtanen scored 94 points vs Neumayer’s 90. The Finn was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Virtanen blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 51% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/47) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Neumayer 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Finn’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
The Finn has a composed 28-19 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guinard | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 64-52 | 94-90 |
| Total Points | 116 | 184 |
| Winners | 18 | 36 |
| %Winners | 28% | 38% |
Both Guinard and Virtanen played 1 match. At the moment, Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set while Manuel Guinard hasn’t dropped a set so far. Guinard has played 1 set(s) less than Virtanen (2 vs 3). Therefore, Guinard played 10 games less than Virtanen. The French player scored 18 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn scored 36 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guinard | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 48/95 |
| %1st in | 46% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 36/48 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 20/47 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 43% |
Guinard made 3 aces . Virtanen scored 8 aces . Guinard won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guinard | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Guinard broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Manuel surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guinard | |||
| R1 Yevseyev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 64-52 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 27/59 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Neumayer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-90 | 94-90 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/95 | 48/95 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/47 | 20/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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