David Goffin and Otto Virtanen will square off in the quarter of the Cary Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is David Goffin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, David Goffin is the pick to win this match.
David Goffin -> 1.43
Otto Virtanen -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 3^rd time that David Goffin and Otto Virtanen clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Goffin (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Goffin won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the Orleans Challenger back in 2023.

David Goffin

Ranked no. 92, David reached the quarter after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Ethan Quinn 6-4 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, David had a good straight sets win against Quinn (6-4 6-1). During the match, Goffin scored 59 points vs Quinn’s 38. David was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Goffin recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. David Goffin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Goffin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 92% (22/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Quinn 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Goffin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (342-220). 13-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Goffin has a composed 122-85 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Ilkley Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Belgian has a compiled 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 131, the Finn reached the quarter after defeating Harold Mayot 6-3 6-2 and Kyrian Jacquet 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Jacquet, The Finn recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Virtanen scored 84 points vs Jacquet’s 72. The Finn was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was quite effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Otto broke Jacquet 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

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 conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he beat Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).

The Finn has a compiled 31-18 win-loss record in 2024, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Goffin	Virtanen
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	45	43
Pts	163-127	145-114
Total Points	290	259
Winners	61	50
%Winners	37%	34%

Both Goffin and Virtanen played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. David Goffin lost 1 set, while Otto Virtanen lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Goffin and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Goffin played 2 games more than Virtanen. David scored 61 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Virtanen struck 50 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Goffin	Virtanen
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	3.5	6.5
1st in	77/139	66/123
%1st in	55%	54%
1st pts	61/77	50/66
%1st pts	79%	76%
2nd pts	31/62	31/57
%2nd pts	50%	54%

Goffin recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Virtanen made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Goffin won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Goffin	Virtanen
Won	10	9
Converted	10/18	9/20
% Converted	56%	45%
Conceded	7	8
Saved	3	4
% Saved	43%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

David broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Goffin dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Goffin
	R1 Moreno De Alboran	R2 Quinn	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	17	45
pts	104-89	59-38	163-127
Total points	193	97	290
Winners	39	22	61
%Winners	38%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	6	2	8
1st in	53/98	24/41	77/139
% 1st in	54%	59%	55%
1st pts	39/53	22/24	61/77
% 1st pts	74%	92%	79%
2nd pts	23/45	8/17	31/62
% 2nd pts	51%	47%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/9	5/9	10/18
Converted %	56%	56%	56%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	2/5	1/2	3
Saved %	40%	50%	45%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Virtanen
	R1 Mayot	R2 Jacquet	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	26	43
pts	61-42	84-72	145-114
Total points	103	156	259
Winners	22	28	50
%Winners	36%	33%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	13
Double Faults	3	5	8
1st in	28/48	38/75	66/123
% 1st in	58%	51%	54%
1st pts	22/28	28/38	50/66
% 1st pts	79%	74%	76%
2nd pts	10/20	21/37	31/57
% 2nd pts	50%	57%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/9	5/11	9/20
Converted %	44%	45%	45%
Conceded	1	7	8
Saved	0/1	4/7	4
Saved %	0%	57%	29%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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