Benoit Paire and Otto Virtanen will play each other in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.64
Benoit Paire -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111, Benoit reached the 2nd round after beating Jan Choinski 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Benoit had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-4 6-2). During the match, Paire scored 73 points vs Choinski’s 49. Paire was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paire bagged 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Benoit Paire was very efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Paire broke Choinski 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Paire has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (289-276). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paire has an aggregate 75-60 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Paire has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 172, Virtanen reached the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 7-5 7-63.
In the 1st round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (7-5 7-63). During the match Virtanen scored 83 points vs Lamasine’s 71. Virtanen was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Virtanen made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Virtanen broke Lamasine twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Virtanen has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 73-49 | 83-71 |
| Total Points | 122 | 154 |
| Winners | 25 | 30 |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% |
Both Paire and Virtanen played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Paire and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paire played 7 games less than Virtanen. Benoit scored 25 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Otto recorded 30 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 11 |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 37/68 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 30/37 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Paire fired 13 aces . Virtanen struck 11 aces . Paire won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Benoit broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Paire lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | |||
| R1 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 73-49 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Lamasine |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 83-71 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 37/68 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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