Jurij Rodionov and Otto Virtanen will fight against each other in the quarter of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.57
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-32 | 10-10 | 6-12 | 11-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 3-6 | 15-13 | 21-11 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-31 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 21-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-4 | 2-7 | 13-13 | 3-3 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 25-16 | 5-1 | 7-6 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 131, Jurij got to the quarter after defeating Neil Oberleitner 6-3 7-63 and Francesco Forti 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-4 6-4). During the match, Rodionov scored 67 points vs Forti’s 53. Jurij was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodionov recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Austrian broke Forti twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodionov hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Rodionov has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (212-155). 8-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has a composed76-48 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Jurij has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
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 quarter after defeating James McCabe 6-4 6-4 and Daniel Cukierman 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Otto had a good straight sets win against Cukierman (6-2 6-3). During the match Virtanen scored 60 points vs Cukierman’s 43. Virtanen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Cukierman 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Otto hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
The Finn has an overall 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 37 |
| Pts | 138-110 | 127-92 |
| Total Points | 248 | 219 |
| Winners | 65 | 53 |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% |
Both Rodionov and Virtanen played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Rodionov played 5 games more than Virtanen. Rodionov scored 65 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn bagged 53 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 81/124 | 65/98 |
| %1st in | 65% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 65/81 | 53/65 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 22/33 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 67% |
Rodionov blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Virtanen fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Rodionov won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 46% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Jurij broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rodionov lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Virtanen was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Rodionov | ||||
| R1 Oberleitner |
R2 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 67-53 | 138-110 | |
| Total points | 128 | 120 | 248 | |
| Winners | 35 | 30 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 35/59 | 81/124 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 59% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 30/35 | 65/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 14/24 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 58% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/8 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 McCabe |
R2 Cukierman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 60-43 | 127-92 | |
| Total points | 116 | 103 | 219 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 33/51 | 65/98 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/33 | 53/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/15 | 8/18 | 22/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 93% | 44% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/6 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 67% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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