Oleksii Krutykh and Otto Virtanen will square off in the 2^nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CAMPO 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.82
Oleksii Krutykh -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Oleksii Krutykh vs. Otto Virtanen

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

Oleksii Krutykh

Ranked no. 162, Krutykh reached the 2^nd round after beating Jelle Sels 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Oleksii had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 7-5). During the match, Krutykh scored 73 points vs Sels’s 67. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krutykh blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Krutykh broke Sels 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Krutykh has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (174-106). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Krutykh has an aggregate18-15 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Krutykh has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 170, Otto got to the 2^nd round after beating Matteo Gigante 6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Gigante, Otto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2). During the match Virtanen scored 104 points vs Gigante’s 86. Virtanen was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Virtanen made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Gigante 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

The Finn has a composed 5-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krutykh	Virtanen
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	30
Pts	73-67	104-86
Total Points	140	190
Winners	26	42
%Winners	36%	40%

Both Krutykh and Virtanen played 1 match. At the moment, Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set while Oleksii Krutykh hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Krutykh has played 1 set(s) less than Virtanen (2 vs 3). Therefore, Krutykh played 8 games less than Virtanen. Oleksii scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Otto made 42 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krutykh	Virtanen
Aces	4	8
Avg per match	4	8
1st in	37/71	55/85
%1st in	52%	65%
1st pts	26/37	42/55
%1st pts	70%	76%
2nd pts	20/34	14/30
%2nd pts	59%	47%

Krutykh blasted 4 aces . Virtanen managed to score 8 aces . Krutykh won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krutykh	Virtanen
Won	3	6
Converted	3/6	6/18
% Converted	50%	33%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	2	3
% Saved	67%	60%
Times Broken	1	2

Krutykh broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Oleksii lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponent 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Krutykh
	R1 Sels	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	73-67	73-67
Total points	140	140
Winners	26	26
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	37/71	37/71
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	26/37	26/37
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	20/34	20/34
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Virtanen
	R1 Gigante	Total
Score	6-74 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	104-86	104-86
Total points	190	190
Winners	42	42
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	55/85	55/85
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	42/55	42/55
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	14/30	14/30
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/18	6/18
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger

• Cem IlkelIlkel – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Antoine BellierBellier (6-7⁴ 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Manuel GuinardGuinard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Zsombor PirosPiros (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Antoine BellierBellier (6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marius CopilCopil – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Liam BroadyBroady – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction