Otto Virtanen and Ergi Kirkin will face off in the 1st round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.48
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 132, Virtanen will start his run in the Zug Challenger after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Pablo Patino-Samudio in the 1st round on the 18th of July.
The Finn has an aggregate 22-21 win-loss record in 2023, 3-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5) and the Lille Challenger where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Finn has an overall 151-98 record. He has a negative 38-41 record on clay.
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-29 | 18-5 | 29-19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 460, Kirkin reached the 1st round after beating Henri Laaksonen 6-4 6-2 and Damien Wenger 2-6 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Wenger, Kirkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3).During the match Kirkin scored less points (1) than Wenger. In fact, the world no. 132 won 96 points vs Wenger’s. That means that Kirkin was more focused during the important points. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 48% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (18/48) on the 2nd serve. Ergi broke Wenger 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Ergi’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Doboj and M15 Belgrade.
The Turk has a compiled 30-14 win-loss record in 2023, 25-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger
- Gianmarco FerrariFerrari – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tim HandelHandel – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Dylan DietrichDietrich – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-0 7-63) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Damien WengerWenger (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-77 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
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- Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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