Otto Virtanen and Daniel Cukierman will square off in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.144
Daniel Cukierman -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Daniel Cukierman
This will be the 2nd time that Otto Virtanen and Daniel Cukierman clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Virtanen won 6-4 7-6(5) in the qualifications in the Zug Challenger back in 2022.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139 (career-high), Virtanen reached the 2nd round after defeating James McCabe 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Otto had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-4 6-4). During the match, Virtanen scored 67 points vs McCabe’s 49. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen struck 13 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Otto Virtanen was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 93% (14/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Otto broke McCabe twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Virtanen has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (139-84). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an overall82-33 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
The Finn has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Daniel Cukierman
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-25 | 17-11 | 6-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 39-14 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 3-4 | 20-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 9-6 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 372, Cukierman got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrien Berrut 6-1 6-3, Mohamed Safwat 6-4 1-6 6-0 and Alexey Vatutin 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-4 7-63). During the match Cukierman scored 83 points vs Vatutin’s 68. Cukierman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Cukierman recorded 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Daniel Cukierman lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cukierman put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Vatutin 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Cukierman has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Cukierman has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 62 |
| Pts | 67-49 | 219-176 |
| Total Points | 116 | 395 |
| Winners | 26 | 84 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Virtanen played 1 match while Cukierman competed in 3 matches. Cukierman started his run from the qualifications while Virtanen had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Daniel Cukierman lost 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t dropped a set so far. Virtanen has played 5 set(s) less than Cukierman (2 vs 7). Therefore, Virtanen played 42 games less than Cukierman. The Finn scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Cukierman scored 84 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 115/194 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 84/115 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/15 | 40/79 |
| %2nd pts | 93% | 51% |
Virtanen recorded 13 aces . Cukierman blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Virtanen won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 93% of the points. On the other side, Cukierman won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 29% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 16 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Virtanen broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Otto pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Cukierman broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Israeli conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/15 | 14/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 93% | 93% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cukierman | |||||
| Q1 Berrut |
Q3 Safwat |
R1 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 1-6 6-0 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 23 | 62 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 69-61 | 83-68 | 219-176 | |
| Total points | 114 | 130 | 151 | 395 | |
| Winners | 18 | 33 | 33 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 48% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 24/49 | 43/66 | 48/79 | 115/194 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 65% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 33/43 | 33/48 | 84/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 77% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 10/23 | 15/31 | 40/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 43% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 4/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 57% | 191% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Dylan DietrichDietrich (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-62 7-65) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (4-6 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Jakub PaulPaul (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Omar JasikaJasika (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-63 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 3-6 7-68) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Dylan DietrichDietrich (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Norbert GombosGombos (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (1-0) – H2H and prediction
