Otto Virtanen and Matteo Martineau will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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.

As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.58
Matteo Martineau -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Matteo Martineau

There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Matteo Martineau since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 114, the Finn reached the 2^nd round after defeating Arthur Gea 3-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Gea, Virtanen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Virtanen scored 98 points vs Gea’s 94. The Finn was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Virtanen made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 51% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Gea 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Virtanen has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (199-134). 18-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Virtanen has an aggregate113-46 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).

The Finn has a compiled 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 18-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Brest Challenger

Matteo Martineau

Ranked no. 186, Matteo got to the 2^nd round after beating Alexey Vatutin 6-0 4-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Martineau defeated Vatutin (6-0 4-6 7-5). During the match Martineau scored 94 points vs Vatutin’s 76. Martineau was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Martineau overwhelmed his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 72% of his first serves in, winning 72% (48/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Vatutin 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nottingham Challenger,the Cherbourg Challenger and the Roanne Challenger.

Matteo has a compiled 30-31 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Brest Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2018 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Virtanen	Martineau
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	28
Pts	98-94	94-76
Total Points	192	170
Winners	35	48
%Winners	36%	51%

Both Virtanen and Martineau played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set, while Matteo Martineau lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Martineau have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Virtanen played 2 games more than Martineau. Virtanen scored 35 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 48 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Virtanen	Martineau
Aces	5	20
Avg per match	5	20
1st in	51/100	67/93
%1st in	51%	72%
1st pts	35/51	48/67
%1st pts	69%	72%
2nd pts	23/49	10/26
%2nd pts	47%	38%

Virtanen struck 5 aces . Martineau managed to score 20 aces . Virtanen won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Virtanen	Martineau
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/11
% Converted	60%	55%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	4	9
% Saved	44%	75%
Times Broken	5	3

Virtanen broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
	R1 Gea	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	98-94	98-94
Total points	192	192
Winners	35	35
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	51/100	51/100
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	35/51	35/51
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	23/49	23/49
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	4/9	4
Saved %	44%	44%
Times Broken	5	5

Martineau
	R1 Vatutin	Total
Score	6-0 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	94-76	94-76
Total points	170	170
Winners	48	48
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	20	20
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	67/93	67/93
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	48/67	48/67
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	10/26	10/26
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	9/12	9
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Arthur GeaGea (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Alexis GautierGautier (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Emilio NavaNava (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Harold MayotMayot (2-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jakub PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Matteo MartineauMartineau (0-0) – H2H and prediction