Otto Virtanen and Denis Yevseyev will clash against each other in the quarter of the Helsinki Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.42
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Denis Yevseyev
This will be the 4th time that Otto Virtanen and Denis Yevseyev square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Yevseyev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Yevseyev won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in the Helsinki Challenger back in 2023.
Otto Virtanen
43 - 27win/loss
91
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), Virtanen got to the quarter after defeating Rudolf Molleker 6-4 6-3 and Patrick Kaukovalta 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Otto had a good straight sets win against Kaukovalta (6-3 6-2). During the match, Virtanen scored 65 points vs Kaukovalta’s 43. Virtanen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Virtanen broke Kaukovalta 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Finn hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (205-135). 24-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an aggregate119-47 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he beat 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).
The Finn has an overall 43-27 win-loss record in 2024, 24-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Denis Yevseyev
32 - 33win/loss
204
153
LWWWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-34 | 14-14 | 10-11 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, Yevseyev reached the quarter after beating Oliver Ojakaar 6-2 6-4 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-2 6-4). During the match Yevseyev scored 53 points vs Arnaboldi’s 37. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about serving, Yevseyev scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Denis Yevseyev was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (14/18) of his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yevseyev broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Yevseyev’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Denis has an aggregate 32-33 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 |
| Pts | 135-98 | 114-83 |
| Total Points | 233 | 197 |
| Winners | 49 | 38 |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% |
Both Virtanen and Yevseyev played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Yevseyev have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (36). The Finn scored 49 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Denis fired 38 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 54/97 |
| %1st in | 58% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 38/54 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 24/42 | 32/43 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 74% |
Virtanen recorded 20 aces (10 per match). Yevseyev recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Virtanen won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Yevseyev won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 70% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Otto broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Yevseyev conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 Molleker |
R2 Kaukovalta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 65-43 | 135-98 | |
| Total points | 125 | 108 | 233 | |
| Winners | 31 | 18 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 28% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 21/41 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 51% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 18/21 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 11/20 | 24/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 6/13 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 46% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Yevseyev | ||||
| R1 Ojakaar |
R2 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 53-37 | 114-83 | |
| Total points | 107 | 90 | 197 | |
| Winners | 24 | 14 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 26% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 18/44 | 54/97 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 41% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 14/18 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 19/26 | 32/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 73% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/5 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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