Otto Virtanen and Lucas Pouille will clash against each other in the quarter of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.72
Otto Virtanen -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Lucas Pouille
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Lucas Pouille since this will be the first time that they will square 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. 172, the Finn reached the quarter after beating Tristan Lamasine 7-5 7-63 and Benoit Paire 6-0 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-0 7-63). During the match, Virtanen scored 84 points vs Paire’s 63. Virtanen was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Virtanen scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 55% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Paire 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Finn hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Virtanen has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (169-112). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Virtanen has an overall100-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Otto has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Pouille
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-17 | 15-5 | 8-5 | 15-7 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305, the French player got to the quarter after defeating Gijs Brouwer 6-4 7-63 and Hazem Naow 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Naow (6-4 6-3). During the match Pouille scored 59 points vs Naow’s 42. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Pouille made 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lucas Pouille conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 65% of his first serves in, win 94% (29/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Naow 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pouille hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Lucas’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Lucas has a compiled 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 42 |
| Pts | 167-134 | 136-104 |
| Total Points | 301 | 240 |
| Winners | 59 | 65 |
| %Winners | 35% | 48% |
Both Virtanen and Pouille played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Pouille have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Virtanen played 2 games more than Pouille. Virtanen scored 59 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Pouille recorded 65 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 11 |
| 1st in | 73/134 | 70/116 |
| %1st in | 54% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 59/73 | 65/70 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 93% |
| 2nd pts | 32/61 | 24/46 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Virtanen blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Pouille struck 22 aces (11 per match). Virtanen won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/23 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 30% | 80% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 63% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Virtanen broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Otto lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 Lamasine | R2 Paire | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | 6-0 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 44 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 84-63 | 167-134 | |
| Total points | 154 | 147 | 301 | |
| Winners | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 36/66 | 73/134 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 29/36 | 59/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 14/30 | 32/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/18 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 28% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pouille | ||||
| R1 Brouwer | R2 Naow | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 77-62 | 59-42 | 136-104 | |
| Total points | 139 | 101 | 240 | |
| Winners | 36 | 29 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 31/48 | 70/116 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/39 | 29/31 | 65/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 94% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 8/17 | 24/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/3 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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