Otto Virtanen and Jaime Faria will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Nordea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Jaime Faria who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jaime Faria is the pick to win this match.
Jaime Faria -> 1.6
Otto Virtanen -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Jaime Faria
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
28 - 16win/loss
137
109
LWLWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 3-7 | 4-6 | 16-1 | 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. 147, Virtanen reached the qualifications after defeating William Rejchtman Vinciguerra 6-4 1-6 6-4 and Jaime Faria .
In the qualifications, Otto defeated Rejchtman Vinciguerra (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match, Virtanen scored less points (4) than Rejchtman Vinciguerra. In fact, the world no. 147 won 81 points vs Rejchtman Vinciguerra’s. That means that Virtanen was more focused during the important points. Virtanen was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Otto Virtanen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (38/51) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Otto broke Rejchtman Vinciguerra twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (190-124). 4-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an overall43-47 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).
The Finn has a composed 28-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Jaime Faria
38 - 13win/loss
170
170
WWLLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-13 | 20-2 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the qualifications after defeating Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsov (6-3 6-4). During the match Faria scored 64 points vs Kuznetsov’s 54. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Faria recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jaime Faria was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaime broke Kuznetsov twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
The Portuguese has an overall 38-13 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 19 |
| Pts | 81-85 | 64-54 |
| Total Points | 166 | 118 |
| Winners | 38 | 31 |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% |
Both Virtanen and Faria played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set while Jaime Faria hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set more than Faria (3 vs 2). Therefore, Virtanen played 8 games more than Faria. The Finn scored 38 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Faria recorded 31 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 51/80 | 40/62 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 31/40 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 13/22 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Virtanen managed to score 8 aces . Faria scored 8 aces . Virtanen won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 25% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Virtanen broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Otto lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Faria broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Portuguese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Rejchtman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 81-85 | 81-85 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Faria | |||
| Q1 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-54 | 64-54 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 40/62 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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