Otto Virtanen and Patrick Kaukovalta will play each other in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.035
Patrick Kaukovalta -> 9.2
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Patrick Kaukovalta
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Patrick Kaukovalta since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
42 - 27win/loss
94
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. 96 (career-high), the Finn got to the 2nd round after defeating Rudolf Molleker 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Molleker (6-4 6-3). During the match, Virtanen scored 70 points vs Molleker’s 55. Otto was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Virtanen managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (31/38) 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. Otto broke Molleker twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Virtanen has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (204-135). 23-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an aggregate118-47 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current 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) and the Brest Challenger where he beat Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-4 4-6 7-6(6).
Virtanen has an overall 42-27 win-loss record in 2024, 23-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Patrick Kaukovalta
12 - 21win/loss
831
767
LWLWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-22 | 3-4 | 4-12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 16-13 | 10-4 | 5-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 831, Patrick reached the 2nd round after defeating Oskari Paldanius 6-3 4-6 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, The Finn defeated Paldanius (6-3 4-6 7-66). During the match Kaukovalta and Paldanius scored the same amount of points (104). However, the world no. 96 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Finn was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Kaukovalta fired 14 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Patrick Kaukovalta lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kaukovalta put 58% of his first serves in, winning 75% (47/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Paldanius 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Patrick has a composed 12-21 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Kaukovalta |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 70-55 | 104-104 |
| Total Points | 125 | 208 |
| Winners | 31 | 47 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Virtanen and Kaukovalta played 1 match. At the moment, Patrick Kaukovalta lost 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t conceded a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set(s) less than Kaukovalta (2 vs 3). Therefore, Virtanen played 13 games less than Kaukovalta. Otto scored 31 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kaukovalta fired 47 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Kaukovalta |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 14 |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 63/108 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 47/63 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 20/45 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 44% |
Virtanen made 14 aces . Kaukovalta fired 14 aces . Virtanen won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kaukovalta won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Kaukovalta |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 25% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Finn broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Finn pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Patrick broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 70-55 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaukovalta | |||
| R1 Paldanius |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 104-104 | 104-104 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 63/108 | 63/108 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 47/63 | 47/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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