Otto Virtanen and Damir Dzumhur will square off in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.85
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Damir Dzumhur
This will be the 2nd time that Otto Virtanen and Damir Dzumhur fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dzumhur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Dzumhur won 6-4 6-1 in the qualifications in Stockholm back in 2022.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-16 | 2-6 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 176, Otto reached the qualifications after defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Otto had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-4 6-4). During the match, Virtanen scored 67 points vs Shevchenko’s 63. Otto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Virtanen wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 71% of his first serves in, winning 62% (34/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Shevchenko 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (133-83). 1-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has an overall9-10 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Finn has an aggregate 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Otto has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-20 | 8-5 | 16-13 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208, Dzumhur reached the qualifications after beating Francesco Passaro 6-4 4-6 7-62.
In the qualifications, Dzumhur defeated Passaro (6-4 4-6 7-62).During the match Dzumhur scored less points (4) than Passaro. In fact, the world no. 176 won 103 points vs Passaro’s. That means that Dzumhur was more focused during the important points. Dzumhur was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 79% of his first serves in, winning 65% (57/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Dzumhur broke Passaro 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Damir’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Vilnius Challenger.
The Bosnian has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 33 |
| Pts | 67-63 | 103-107 |
| Total Points | 130 | 210 |
| Winners | 34 | 57 |
| %Winners | 51% | 55% |
Both Virtanen and Dzumhur played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Damir Dzumhur conceded 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t dropped a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set(s) less than Dzumhur (2 vs 3). Therefore, Virtanen played 13 games less than Dzumhur. Otto scored 34 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Bosnian bagged 57 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 88/112 |
| %1st in | 71% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 57/88 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 8/24 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 33% |
Virtanen didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dzumhur scored 1 ace . Virtanen won 62% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Finn broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Virtanen surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Damir broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Damir conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-63 | 67-63 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Dzumhur | |||
| Q1 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 103-107 | 103-107 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 88/112 | 88/112 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 8/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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