Otto Virtanen and Ricardas Berankis will play each other in the quarter of the Lugano Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.87
Otto Virtanen -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Ricardas Berankis

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

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 170, Virtanen got to the quarter after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2 and Oleksii Krutykh 6-4 2-6 7-6⁵.

In the 2^nd round, Virtanen defeated Krutykh (6-4 2-6 7-6⁵). During the match, Virtanen scored 109 points vs Krutykh’s 108. Otto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Virtanen fired 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Otto broke Krutykh 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Virtanen has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Virtanen has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (135-84). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an overall78-33 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Otto has an overall 6-7 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Ricardas Berankis

Ranked no. 253, the Lithuanian got to the quarter after beating Norbert Gombos 6-3 7-6² and Hugo Grenier 6-4 1-6 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Berankis defeated Grenier (6-4 1-6 7-5). During the match Berankis scored 89 points vs Grenier’s 82. The Lithuanian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Berankis recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Lithuanian broke Grenier twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Richard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Berankis’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Richard has an aggregate 10-5 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Richard has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Virtanen	Berankis
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	5
Tot Games	61	51
Pts	213-194	161-145
Total Points	407	306
Winners	87	64
%Winners	41%	40%

Both Virtanen and Berankis played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen dropped 2 sets, while Ricardas Berankis dropped 1 set. Virtanen has played 1 set more than Berankis (6 vs 5). Therefore, Virtanen played 10 games more than Berankis. Virtanen scored 87 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Lithuanian blasted 64 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Virtanen	Berankis
Aces	21	6
Avg per match	10.5	3
1st in	118/186	84/140
%1st in	63%	60%
1st pts	87/118	64/84
%1st pts	74%	76%
2nd pts	31/68	31/56
%2nd pts	46%	55%

Virtanen bagged 21 aces (10.5 per match). Berankis recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Virtanen won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Virtanen	Berankis
Won	9	7
Converted	9/30	7/19
% Converted	30%	37%
Conceded	14	7
Saved	8	2
% Saved	57%	29%
Times Broken	6	5

The Finn broke his opponents 9 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
	R1 Gigante	R2 Krutykh	Total
Score	6-74 6-3 6-2	6-4 2-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	30	31	61
pts	104-86	109-108	213-194
Total points	190	217	407
Winners	42	45	87
%Winners	40%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	13	21
Double Faults	5	4	9
1st in	55/85	63/101	118/186
% 1st in	65%	62%	63%
1st pts	42/55	45/63	87/118
% 1st pts	76%	71%	74%
2nd pts	14/30	17/38	31/68
% 2nd pts	47%	45%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/18	3/12	9/30
Converted %	33%	25%	30%
Conceded	5	9	14
Saved	3/5	5/9	8
Saved %	60%	56%	58%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Berankis
	R1 Gombos	R2 Grenier	Total
Score	6-3 7-62	6-4 1-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	29	51
pts	72-63	89-82	161-145
Total points	135	171	306
Winners	31	33	64
%Winners	43%	37%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	6
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	43/63	41/77	84/140
% 1st in	68%	53%	60%
1st pts	31/43	33/41	64/84
% 1st pts	72%	80%	76%
2nd pts	9/20	22/36	31/56
% 2nd pts	45%	61%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/14	2/5	7/19
Converted %	36%	40%	37%
Conceded	4	3	7
Saved	1/4	1/3	2
Saved %	25%	33%	29%
Times Broken	3	2	5

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