Otto Virtanen and Sebastian Ofner will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Quimper Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.59
Sebastian Ofner -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Sebastian Ofner
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-15 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 16-1 | 4-2 | 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. 178, Virtanen reached the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Otto had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2). During the match, Virtanen scored 52 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 41. The Finn was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Otto broke Mpetshi Perricard 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (130-79). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has a composed74-30 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Otto has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quimper Challenger
Otto has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-20 | 6-7 | 7-10 | 1-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 193, Ofner reached the 2nd round after beating Matteo Arnaldi 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Arnaldi, Ofner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Ofner scored 82 points vs Arnaldi’s 63. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner made 6 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Arnaldi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Sebastian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Ofner has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 |
| Pts | 52-41 | 82-63 |
| Total Points | 93 | 145 |
| Winners | 24 | 33 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Virtanen and Ofner played 1 match. At the moment, Sebastian Ofner lost 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t dropped a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set(s) less than Ofner (2 vs 3). Therefore, Virtanen played 6 games less than Ofner. Virtanen scored 24 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian fired 33 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 49/81 |
| %1st in | 61% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 33/49 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 59% |
Virtanen scored 5 aces . Ofner managed to score 6 aces . Virtanen won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 71% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Otto broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Finn had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Mpetshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 52-41 | 52-41 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ofner | |||
| R1 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 82-63 | 82-63 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 49/81 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLLLWW Tennis Scores in Quimper Challenger
- Dennis NovakNovak – Nick HardtHardt (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Manuel GuinardGuinard (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-66 7-61) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Emilio NavaNava (6-75 6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-1 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Lucas PouillePouille (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine BellierBellier – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
