Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Otto Virtanen will square off in the semifinal of the Liberec Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 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 Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.79
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Otto Virtanen

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

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Rank
342
High
219
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-24 13-7 17-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 43-26 4-3 36-19 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 9-9 3-2 6-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 24-34 3-7 13-19 8-8 0-0 0-0
2021 40-26 11-8 29-17 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 269, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after defeating Daniel Siniakov 6-4 6-3, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-66 2-6 6-3 and Nuno Borges 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-4 6-2). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 54 points vs Borges’s 42. Alvarez Varona was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alvarez Varona made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Borges 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alvarez Varona has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Alvarez Varona has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (137-98). 11-14 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alvarez Varona has an aggregate65-54 record in the last 7 years on clay.

Alvarez Varona has a compiled 13-19 win-loss record in 2022, 11-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Liberec Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Liberec Challenger
Alvarez Varona's Record

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen

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Rank
126
High
91
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-23 4-9 5-9 12-5 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
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Ranked no. 272, Otto reached the semifinal after beating Lukas Neumayer 3-6 6-4 6-4, Manuel Guinard 6-2 1-6 7-61 and Tomas Machac 2-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Machac, Virtanen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Virtanen scored 83 points vs Machac’s 76. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen scored 12 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 51% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. Otto broke Machac 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Virtanen has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Virtanen’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.

Virtanen has a composed 30-19 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Liberec Challenger
Virtanen's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Alvarez Varona
O.Virtanen
5h:01
5h:01
Time on court​
6h:17
6h:17
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
3
3
Match played
3
3
67
67
Games Played​
82
82
7
7
Set played​​
9
9
216
216
Total points​
279
279
72
72
Avg point​
93
93
89
89
Winners
104
104
29.7
29.7
Avg Winners​
34.7
34.7
41%
41%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
33
33
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
!
11
11
10
10
Double Faults
20
20
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
!
6.7
6.7
89/121
89/121
1st won total​
104/140
104/140
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
41/82
41/82
2nd won total​
60/143
60/143
50%
50%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
10/21
10/21
BP won
13/25
13/25
3.3/7
3.3/7
Avg BP won
4.3/8.3
4.3/8.3
48%
48%
Won
!
52%
52%
13
13
Conceded
32
32
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
10.7
10.7
6
6
Broken
13
13
2
2
Avg Broken
!
4.3
4.3
7
7
Saved
19
19
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alvarez Varona Virtanen
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 9
Tot Games 67 82
Pts 216-194 279-266
Total Points 410 545
Winners 89 104
%Winners 41% 37%

Both Alvarez Varona and Virtanen played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Alvarez Varona surrendered 1 set, while Otto Virtanen surrendered 3 sets. Alvarez Varona has played 2 set(s) less than Virtanen (7 vs 9). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 15 games less than Virtanen. Alvarez Varona scored 89 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn made 104 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alvarez Varona Virtanen
Aces 14 33
Avg per match 4.7 11
1st in 121/203 140/283
%1st in 60% 49%
1st pts 89/121 104/140
%1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 41/82 60/143
%2nd pts 50% 42%

Alvarez Varona made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Virtanen bagged 33 aces (11 per match). Alvarez Varona won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alvarez Varona Virtanen
Won 10 13
Converted 10/21 13/25
% Converted 48% 52%
Conceded 13 32
Saved 7 19
% Saved 54% 59%
Times Broken 6 13

Alvarez Varona broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Alvarez Varona
R1
Siniakov 		R2
Stebe		 1/4
Borges		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 7-66 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 19 30 18 67
pts 67-55 95-97 54-42 216-194
Total points 122 192 96 410
Winners 29 39 21 89
%Winners 43% 41% 39% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 6 14
Double Faults 1 7 2 10
1st in 40/61 53/94 28/48 121/203
% 1st in 66% 56% 58% 60%
1st pts 29/40 39/53 21/28 89/121
% 1st pts 73% 74% 75% 74%
2nd pts 10/21 19/41 12/20 41/82
% 2nd pts 48% 46% 60% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 2 4 10
Converted 4/7 2/9 4/5 10/21
Converted % 57% 22% 80% 48%
Conceded 7 5 1 13
Saved 5/7 2/5 0/1 7
Saved % 71% 40% 0% 37%
Times Broken 2 3 1 6
Virtanen
R1
Neumayer		 R2
Guinard		 1/4
Machac		 Total
Score 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 1-6 7-61 2-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 29 28 25 82
pts 94-90 102-100 83-76 279-266
Total points 184 202 159 545
Winners 36 35 33 104
%Winners 38% 34% 40% 37%
SERVE
Aces 8 13 12 33
Double Faults 2 8 10 20
1st in 48/95 50/105 42/83 140/283
% 1st in 51% 48% 51% 49%
1st pts 36/48 35/50 33/42 104/140
% 1st pts 75% 70% 79% 74%
2nd pts 20/47 22/55 18/41 60/143
% 2nd pts 43% 40% 44% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 13
Converted 4/8 5/11 4/6 13/25
Converted % 50% 45% 67% 52%
Conceded 9 14 9 32
Saved 5/9 8/14 6/9 19
Saved % 56% 57% 67% 60%
Times Broken 4 6 3 13

Tennis Scores in Liberec Challenger

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