Antoine Bellier and Otto Virtanen will square off in the qualifications of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on ITALCEMENTI. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Bellier who should win in 3 sets.
Antoine Bellier -> 1.82
Otto Virtanen -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Bellier vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Antoine Bellier and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Bellier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-19 | 10-9 | 0-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-32 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 11-11 | 1-4 | 7-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 14-10 | 8-3 | 7-13 | 9-4 | 1-2 |
| 2021 | 35-31 | 14-12 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 3-1 | 4-3 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
Ranked no. 178 (career-high), Antoine reached the qualifications after beating Filiberto Fumagalli 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Fumagalli (6-3 6-2). During the match, Bellier scored 60 points vs Fumagalli’s 43. Antoine was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bellier struck 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Antoine Bellier conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 74% of his first serves in, win 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Antoine broke Fumagalli 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Bellier has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (196-161). 7-11 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bellier has a composed36-37 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Antoine’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
Antoine has an overall 39-30 win-loss record in 2022, 7-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Bellier has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 263, the Finn got to the qualifications after defeating Henri Squire 6-4 7-64.
In the qualifications, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 7-64). During the match Virtanen scored 74 points vs Squire’s 63. The Finn was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen bagged 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 64% of his first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Squire twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Virtanen’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
Otto has a composed 36-29 win-loss record in 2022, 15-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bellier | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 60-43 | 74-63 |
| Total Points | 103 | 137 |
| Winners | 31 | 36 |
| %Winners | 52% | 49% |
Both Bellier and Virtanen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bellier and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bellier played 6 games less than Virtanen. Bellier scored 31 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Otto made 36 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bellier | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 14 |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 43/67 |
| %1st in | 74% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 36/43 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
Bellier struck 15 aces . Virtanen scored 14 aces . Bellier won 89% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bellier | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Antoine very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Otto broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bellier | |||
| Q1 Fumagalli | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 60-43 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 31/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Squire | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 74-63 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 43/67 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 36/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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