Tomas Machac and Otto Virtanen will square off in the quarter of the Liberec Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on SVIJANY COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.24
Otto Virtanen -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-20 | 19-10 | 9-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 149, Tomas got to the quarter after beating Sebastian Ofner 7-63 6-3 and Yshai Oliel 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Oliel (6-3 6-4). During the match, Machac scored 58 points vs Oliel’s 50. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Machac struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tomas Machac was very effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Machac broke Oliel twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Machac hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (144-69). 5-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has a composed52-26 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Tomas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Traralgon Challenger.
Tomas has an aggregate 23-8 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
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. 272, the Finn reached the quarter after defeating Lukas Neumayer 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Manuel Guinard 6-2 1-6 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Otto defeated Guinard (6-2 1-6 7-61). During the match Virtanen scored 102 points vs Guinard’s 100. The Finn was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen fired 13 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 48% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (22/55) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Guinard 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Virtanen has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Virtanen’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
Otto has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2022, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 57 |
| Pts | 131-113 | 196-190 |
| Total Points | 244 | 386 |
| Winners | 44 | 71 |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% |
Both Machac and Virtanen played 2 matches. At the moment, Otto Virtanen surrendered 2 sets while Tomas Machac hasn’t dropped a set so far. Machac has played 2 set(s) less than Virtanen (4 vs 6). Therefore, Machac played 16 games less than Virtanen. The Czech scored 44 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Otto recorded 71 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 59/121 | 98/200 |
| %1st in | 49% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 71/98 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 42/102 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 41% |
Machac struck 12 aces (6 per match). Virtanen scored 21 aces (10.5 per match). Machac won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 5 | 23 |
| Saved | 2 | 13 |
| % Saved | 40% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
Machac broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | ||||
| R1 Ofner |
R2 Oliel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| pts | 73-63 | 58-50 | 131-113 | |
| Total points | 136 | 108 | 244 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 38% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 25/58 | 59/121 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 43% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/25 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 88% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 19/33 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/4 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 Neumayer |
R2 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 1-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 28 | 57 | |
| pts | 94-90 | 102-100 | 196-190 | |
| Total points | 184 | 202 | 386 | |
| Winners | 36 | 35 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 48/95 | 50/105 | 98/200 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 48% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 35/50 | 71/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/47 | 22/55 | 42/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/11 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 8/14 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
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