Otto Virtanen and Patrick Kaukovalta will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 96 (career-high), the Finn got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rudolf Molleker 6-4 6-3

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In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 831, Patrick reached the 2^nd round after defeating Oskari Paldanius 6-3 4-6 7-6(6).

In the 1^st 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 1^st 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

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