Manuel Guinard and Otto Virtanen will face off in the 1st round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on ITALCEMENTI. 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.
As per the initial odds, Manuel Guinard is the pick to win this match.
Manuel Guinard -> 1.8
Otto Virtanen -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Manuel Guinard vs. Otto Virtanen
This will be the 3rd time that Manuel Guinard and Otto Virtanen clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Guinard and Virtanen (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Virtanen won 6-2 1-6 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in the Liberec Challenger back in August 2022.
Manuel Guinard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-21 | 7-4 | 17-10 | 8-6 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), Manuel will start his run in the Bergamo Challenger after he played his last match in the Brest Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 to Donskoy in the quarter on the 28th of October.
The French player has a compiled 34-33 win-loss record in 2022, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Guinard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 281-192 record. He has a positive 68-62 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 265, Otto reached the 1st round after defeating Henri Squire 6-4 7-64 and Antoine Bellier 7-64 6-2.
In the qualifications, Otto had a good straight sets win against Bellier (7-64 6-2). During the match Virtanen scored 73 points vs Bellier’s 57. Otto was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen made 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (39/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Finn broke Bellier twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Otto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
The Finn’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
Virtanen has an overall 37-29 win-loss record in 2022, 16-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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