Alexander Bublik and Otto Virtanen will face off in the 2nd round of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT NISSAN COURIANT. 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 Alexander Bublik who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.32
Otto Virtanen -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Bublik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-22 | 10-10 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55, Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Riccardo Bonadio 7-65 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (7-65 7-5). During the match, Bublik scored 79 points vs Bonadio’s 73. Bublik was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bublik bagged 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 55% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (13/34) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Bonadio 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Bublik has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (306-224). 2-5 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bublik has a composed 47-49 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Marseille.
Alexander has an aggregate 8-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-25 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 16-4 | 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. 114, Otto got to the 2nd round after beating Alexandre Muller 7-64 7-67.
In the 1st round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Muller (7-64 7-67). During the match Virtanen and Muller scored the same amount of points (84). However, the world no. 55 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen bagged 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen was very efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he beat Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5) and the Lille Challenger where he overcame Max Purcell in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
Otto has an overall 17-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bublik | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 |
| Pts | 79-73 | 84-84 |
| Total Points | 152 | 168 |
| Winners | 32 | 38 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Bublik and Virtanen played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bublik and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bublik played 1 game less than Virtanen. The Kazakhstani scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn scored 38 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bublik | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 13 |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 46/87 |
| %1st in | 55% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 38/46 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 21/41 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 51% |
Bublik bagged 10 aces . Virtanen managed to score 13 aces . Bublik won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 83% of the points behind 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 | Bublik | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 0 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 0/1 |
| % Converted | 83% | 0% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Bublik broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. On the other side, Virtanen hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Virtanen was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Bublik | |||
| R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 79-73 | 79-73 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 41/75 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 13/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-84 | 84-84 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/87 | 46/87 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (4-6 7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Arthur CazauxCazaux (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Robin HaaseHaase (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Benoit PairePaire (7-60 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-64 7-67) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Joao SousaSousa (6-4 6-72 6-1) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Arthur CazauxCazaux (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Robin HaaseHaase (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (4-6 7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
