Otto Virtanen and Alexander Blockx will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:30 pm on CENTER. 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.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.63
Alexander Blockx -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Alexander Blockx 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. 131, the Finn reached the 2nd round after beating Oscar Otte 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Otto defeated Otte (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match, Virtanen scored 81 points vs Otte’s 70. The Finn was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen blasted 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Virtanen broke Otte 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (173-112). 9-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has a composed104-41 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5.
The Finn has a composed 11-4 win-loss record in 2024, 9-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Alexander Blockx
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, Blockx reached the 2nd round after beating Benoit Paire 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blockx defeated Paire (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Blockx scored 99 points vs Paire’s 90. Blockx was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Blockx blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Blockx was very efficient on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexander broke Paire 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Belgian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.
The Belgian has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 31 |
| Pts | 81-70 | 99-90 |
| Total Points | 151 | 189 |
| Winners | 33 | 41 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Virtanen and Blockx played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Blockx surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Virtanen played 5 games less than Blockx. Otto scored 33 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander fired 41 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 5 |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 55/90 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 41/55 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 60% |
Virtanen made 14 aces . Blockx scored 5 aces . Virtanen won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Otto broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Otte | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 81-70 | 81-70 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 42/69 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Paire | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-90 | 99-90 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/90 | 55/90 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Lille Challenger
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- Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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