Dominic Stephan Stricker and Otto Virtanen will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on PALAINTRED. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.36
Otto Virtanen -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116 (career-high), Stephan Stricker reached the quarter after defeating Tim Van Rijthoven 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Vit Kopriva 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-4 7-5). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 75 points vs Kopriva’s 60. Stephan Stricker was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was quite effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Dominic broke Kopriva 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Stephan Stricker has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (67-48). 19-8 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stephan Stricker has a compiled34-16 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger,the Cleveland Challenger and the Zug Challenger.
Stephan Stricker has an overall 34-23 win-loss record in 2022, 19-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Stephan Stricker has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-24 | 9-10 | 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, the Finn reached the quarter after defeating Henri Squire 6-4 7-64, Antoine Bellier 7-64 6-2, Manuel Guinard 6-4 7-5 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 7-67). During the match Virtanen scored 81 points vs Zhang’s 78. Otto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Virtanen struck 15 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Otto Virtanen lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Zhang 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Finn started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Otto’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
The Finn has an overall 39-29 win-loss record in 2022, 18-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 89 |
| Pts | 159-138 | 307-267 |
| Total Points | 297 | 574 |
| Winners | 54 | 142 |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% |
Stephan Stricker played 2 matches while Virtanen competed in 4 matches. Virtanen started his run from the qualifications while Stephan Stricker had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dominic Stephan Stricker surrendered 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Stephan Stricker has played 3 set(s) less than Virtanen (5 vs 8). Therefore, Stephan Stricker played 38 games less than Virtanen. The Swiss scored 54 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn made 142 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 52 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 13 |
| 1st in | 72/135 | 184/288 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 54/72 | 142/184 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 40/63 | 58/104 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Stephan Stricker made 14 aces (7 per match). Virtanen bagged 52 aces (13 per match). Stephan Stricker won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 10/24 |
| % Converted | 64% | 42% |
| Conceded | 7 | 21 |
| Saved | 3 | 17 |
| % Saved | 43% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Swiss broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Stephan Stricker lost his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stephan Stricker | ||||
| R1 Van Rijthoven |
R2 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 51 | |
| pts | 84-78 | 75-60 | 159-138 | |
| Total points | 162 | 135 | 297 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/74 | 30/61 | 72/135 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 49% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 23/30 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/32 | 18/31 | 40/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 58% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Virtanen | ||||||
| Q1 Squire |
Q3 Bellier |
R1 Guinard |
R2 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 7-64 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 89 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 73-57 | 79-69 | 81-78 | 307-267 | |
| Total points | 137 | 130 | 148 | 159 | 574 | |
| Winners | 36 | 39 | 31 | 36 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 53% | 39% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 14 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 52 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 45/62 | 42/74 | 54/85 | 184/288 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 73% | 57% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 39/45 | 31/42 | 36/54 | 142/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 87% | 74% | 67% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 9/17 | 17/32 | 20/31 | 58/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 53% | 53% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/6 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 33% | 60% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6/7 | 5/7 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 86% | 71% | 166% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
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