H2H, prediction of Gregoire Barrere vs Otto Virtanen in Lille Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 1st March 2024

PREVIEW. Lille Challenger. Barrere and Virtanen will play each other in the quarter of the Lille Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 1st of March

Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Otto Virtanen

Gregoire Barrere and Otto Virtanen will clash against each other in the quarter of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on CENTER. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.86
Gregoire Barrere -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 2nd time that Gregoire Barrere and Otto Virtanen square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Virtanen won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the Quimper Challenger back in January 2024.

Gregoire Barrere

Gregoire Barrere
Gregoire Barrere

4 - 9win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
3-6
Rank
164
High
49
LWWWLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-32 1-4 16-12 11-14 1-2 0-0
2023 35-31 8-12 5-7 17-8 5-4 0-0
2022 43-29 10-7 8-10 25-11 0-1 0-0
2021 25-23 7-4 3-6 11-10 4-3 0-0
2020 14-13 9-6 0-1 5-5 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 124, Barrere reached the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-3 6-3 and Hazem Naow 7-5 2-1 ret..

In the 2nd round against Naow, Gregoire had a free pass after Naow retired on a 7-5 2-1 . scoreline.

Barrere has positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (330-243). 3-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Barrere has an aggregate 176-101 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Barrere has a compiled 4-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lille Challenger

Barrere
Lille Challenger
Barrere's Record

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen

13 - 4win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
11-0
Rank
91
High
91
LWWLWWWWWL
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, Otto reached the quarter after defeating Oscar Otte 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Alexander Blockx 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Blockx (6-1 6-4). During the match Virtanen scored 62 points vs Blockx’s 43. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Virtanen recorded 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Otto broke Blockx 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Finn has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5.

Otto has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2024, 10-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lille Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.

Virtanen
Lille Challenger
Virtanen's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Barrere
O.Virtanen
2h:09
2h:09
Time on court​
2h:24
2h:24
!
0h:59
0h:59
Last match​
!
0h:57
0h:57
2
2
Match played
2
2
33
33
Games Played​
43
43
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
111
111
Total points​
143
143
55.5
55.5
Avg point​
71.5
71.5
44
44
Winners
60
60
22
22
Avg Winners​
30
30
40%
40%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
20
20
3
3
Avg Aces
10
10
0
0
Double Faults
9
9
0
0
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
44/63
44/63
1st won total​
60/76
60/76
70%
70%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
21/37
21/37
2nd won total​
27/48
27/48
57%
57%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
BP won
7/15
7/15
3.5/6
3.5/6
Avg BP won
3.5/7.5
3.5/7.5
!
58%
58%
Won
47%
47%
7
7
Conceded
4
4
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Barrere Virtanen
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 33 43
Pts 111-90 143-113
Total Points 201 256
Winners 44 60
%Winners 40% 42%

Both Barrere and Virtanen played 2 matches. At the moment, Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set while Gregoire Barrere hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Barrere and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Barrere played 10 games less than Virtanen. Barrere scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Otto struck 60 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Barrere Virtanen
Aces 6 20
Avg per match 3 10
1st in 63/100 76/124
%1st in 63% 61%
1st pts 44/63 60/76
%1st pts 70% 79%
2nd pts 21/37 27/48
%2nd pts 57% 56%

Barrere blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Virtanen scored 20 aces (10 per match). Barrere won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Barrere Virtanen
Won 7 7
Converted 7/12 7/15
% Converted 58% 47%
Conceded 7 4
Saved 5 2
% Saved 71% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Gregoire surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Virtanen broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Barrere
R1
Kolar
R2
Naow
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 7-5 2-1 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 15 33
pts 61-48 50-42 111-90
Total points 109 92 201
Winners 23 21 44
%Winners 38% 42% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 6
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 32/51 31/49 63/100
% 1st in 63% 63% 63%
1st pts 23/32 21/31 44/63
% 1st pts 72% 68% 70%
2nd pts 11/19 10/18 21/37
% 2nd pts 58% 56% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/8 3/4 7/12
Converted % 50% 75% 58%
Conceded 3 4 7
Saved 2/3 3/4 5
Saved % 67% 75% 71%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Virtanen
R1
Otte
R2
Blockx
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 26 17 43
pts 81-70 62-43 143-113
Total points 151 105 256
Winners 33 27 60
%Winners 41% 44% 42%
SERVE
Aces 14 6 20
Double Faults 5 4 9
1st in 42/69 34/55 76/124
% 1st in 61% 62% 61%
1st pts 33/42 27/34 60/76
% 1st pts 79% 79% 79%
2nd pts 17/27 10/21 27/48
% 2nd pts 63% 48% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/8 4/7 7/15
Converted % 38% 57% 47%
Conceded 2 2 4
Saved 1/2 1/2 2
Saved % 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Barrere
LWWWLLWLWL
Virtanen
LWWLWWWWWL
2024 2023 2022
29 - 32
42 - 25
1-4
Hard
9-11
11-14
I Hard
23-4
16-12
Clay
5-7
1-2
Grass
5-3
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Soccer Tonic Predictions
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