Benoit Paire and Otto Virtanen will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 111, Benoit reached the 2^nd round after beating Jan Choinski 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 172, Virtanen reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 7-5 7-6³.

In the 1^st 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

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