Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Otto Virtanen will play each other in the 2nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.77
Otto Virtanen -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-12 | 6-5 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 149, Geoffrey reached the 2nd round after beating Gabriel Debru 6-1 7-64.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Debru (6-1 7-64). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 78 points vs Debru’s 61. Blancaneaux was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blancaneaux managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 70% of his first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Blancaneaux broke Debru 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Blancaneaux has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (247-178). 5-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has an overall35-44 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Geoffrey’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
Blancaneaux has a compiled 37-33 win-loss record in 2022, 5-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-9 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 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. 263, the Finn got to the 2nd round after beating Viktor Durasovic 6-74 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Durasovic, Otto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-4). During the match Virtanen scored 106 points vs Durasovic’s 96. The Finn was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Otto Virtanen was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (50/61) of his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Otto broke Durasovic twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Virtanen’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
The Finn has a compiled 35-28 win-loss record in 2022, 14-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 |
| Pts | 78-61 | 106-96 |
| Total Points | 139 | 202 |
| Winners | 40 | 50 |
| %Winners | 51% | 47% |
Both Blancaneaux and Virtanen played 1 match. At the moment, Otto Virtanen lost 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blancaneaux has played 1 set(s) less than Virtanen (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 12 games less than Virtanen. Blancaneaux scored 40 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Virtanen made 50 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 20 |
| 1st in | 53/76 | 61/99 |
| %1st in | 70% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 50/61 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 21/38 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 55% |
Blancaneaux fired 3 aces . Virtanen struck 20 aces . Blancaneaux won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Blancaneaux broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Otto was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Debru |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 78-61 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/76 | 53/76 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 106-96 | 106-96 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 20 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 61/99 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 50/61 | 50/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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