Otto Virtanen and Antoine Hoang will square off in the 2nd round of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.35
Antoine Hoang -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Antoine Hoang
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Antoine Hoang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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), Otto got to the 2nd round after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Virtanen defeated Kuzmanov (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match, Virtanen scored 87 points vs Kuzmanov’s 75. The Finn was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Virtanen broke Kuzmanov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (141-85). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Virtanen has a compiled84-34 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
The Finn has a composed 12-8 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Hoang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 2-6 | 4-5 | 20-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 13-5 | 4-6 | 16-13 | 2-4 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 24-30 | 4-2 | 7-10 | 8-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-16 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 354, Hoang got to the 2nd round after defeating Calvin Hemery 4-6 6-4 4-3 ret., Mark Lajal 6-3 6-1 and Dan Added 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Added (6-2 6-3). During the match Hoang scored 54 points vs Added’s 37. Antoine was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Hoang was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Antoine Hoang was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Antoine broke Added 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Antoine’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Poitiers.
Antoine has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Hoang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 60 |
| Pts | 87-75 | 195-154 |
| Total Points | 162 | 349 |
| Winners | 36 | 91 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Virtanen played 1 match while Hoang competed in 3 matches. Hoang started his run from the qualifications while Virtanen had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen conceded 1 set, while Antoine Hoang lost 1 set. Virtanen has played 5 set(s) less than Hoang (3 vs 8). Therefore, Virtanen played 33 games less than Hoang. Virtanen scored 36 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine scored 91 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Hoang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 122/177 |
| %1st in | 66% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 91/122 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 36/55 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
Virtanen bagged 12 aces . Hoang bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Virtanen won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Hoang won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Hoang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 45% | 53% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Virtanen broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Hoang broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Hoang conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 87-75 | 87-75 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hoang | |||||
| Q1 Hemery |
Q3 Lajal |
R1 Added |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 4-3 ret. | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 | 17 | 60 | |
| pts | 85-82 | 56-35 | 54-37 | 195-154 | |
| Total points | 167 | 91 | 91 | 349 | |
| Winners | 38 | 25 | 28 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 52% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/83 | 33/46 | 37/48 | 122/177 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 72% | 77% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 25/33 | 28/37 | 91/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 9/13 | 6/11 | 36/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 69% | 55% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 86% | – | 50% | 136% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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