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.
As 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
| 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
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, 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
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