Zhizhen Zhang and Otto Virtanen will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on PALAINTRED. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.56
Otto Virtanen -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Otto Virtanen

There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Zhizhen Zhang

Zhizhen Zhang

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Rank
414
High
31
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-12 2-10 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 24-28 9-12 9-7 2-5 4-4 0-0
2023 30-29 12-13 15-10 1-2 2-4 0-0
2022 52-28 11-5 31-11 9-11 1-1 0-0
2021 15-12 1-1 9-6 0-1 5-4 0-0
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Ranked no. 99, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Zeppieri, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 79 points vs Zeppieri’s 74. Zhizhen was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhang fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhang broke Zeppieri twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Zhang has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (243-185). 9-9 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an overall9-11 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger,the Trieste Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.

Zhizhen has a compiled 50-26 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bergamo Challenger

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Bergamo Challenger
Zhang'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 27-24 4-9 5-9 12-6 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. 265, Virtanen got to the 2nd round after beating Henri Squire 6-4 7-64, Antoine Bellier 7-64 6-2 and Manuel Guinard 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-4 7-5). During the match Virtanen scored 79 points vs Guinard’s 69. Otto was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Otto broke Guinard 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Otto’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.

The Finn has an overall 38-29 win-loss record in 2022, 17-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Bergamo Challenger
Virtanen's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Zhang
O.Virtanen
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
!
4h:16
4h:16
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
28
28
Games Played​
66
66
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
79
79
Total points​
226
226
79
79
Avg point​
75.3
75.3
39
39
Winners
106
106
39
39
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
49%
49%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
37
37
6
6
Avg Aces
!
12.3
12.3
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
39/49
39/49
1st won total​
106/130
106/130
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
17/26
17/26
2nd won total​
38/73
38/73
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
7/19
7/19
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
2.3/6.3
2.3/6.3
33%
33%
Won
37%
37%
2
2
Conceded
14
14
2
2
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
1
1
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zhang Virtanen
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 28 66
Pts 79-74 226-189
Total Points 153 415
Winners 39 106
%Winners 49% 47%

Zhang played 1 match while Virtanen competed in 3 matches. Virtanen started his run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang conceded 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhang has played 3 set(s) less than Virtanen (3 vs 6). Therefore, Zhang played 38 games less than Virtanen. The Chinese scored 39 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn recorded 106 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zhang Virtanen
Aces 6 37
Avg per match 6 12.3
1st in 49/75 130/203
%1st in 65% 64%
1st pts 39/49 106/130
%1st pts 80% 82%
2nd pts 17/26 38/73
%2nd pts 65% 52%

Zhang managed to score 6 aces . Virtanen fired 37 aces (12.3 per match). Zhang won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% 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 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zhang Virtanen
Won 2 7
Converted 2/6 7/19
% Converted 33% 37%
Conceded 2 14
Saved 1 12
% Saved 50% 86%
Times Broken 1 2

Zhang broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Zhang conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
R1
Zeppieri		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 79-74 79-74
Total points 153 153
Winners 39 39
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 49/75 49/75
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 39/49 39/49
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 17/26 17/26
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Virtanen
Q1
Squire		 Q3
Bellier		 R1
Guinard		 Total
Score 6-4 7-64 7-64 6-2 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 23 21 22 66
pts 74-63 73-57 79-69 226-189
Total points 137 130 148 415
Winners 36 39 31 106
%Winners 49% 53% 39% 47%
SERVE
Aces 14 15 8 37
Double Faults 2 2 2 6
1st in 43/67 45/62 42/74 130/203
% 1st in 64% 73% 57% 64%
1st pts 36/43 39/45 31/42 106/130
% 1st pts 84% 87% 74% 82%
2nd pts 12/24 9/17 17/32 38/73
% 2nd pts 50% 53% 53% 52%
Breaks
Won 2 2 3 7
Converted 2/4 2/6 3/9 7/19
Converted % 50% 33% 33% 37%
Conceded 4 3 7 14
Saved 3/4 3/3 6/7 12
Saved % 75% 100% 86% 261%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2

Tennis Scores in Bergamo Challenger

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