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

Otto Virtanen

43 - 27win/loss

Hard
9-11
I Hard
24-6
Clay
5-7
Grass
5-3
Rank
96
High
96
WWLWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-27 9-11 5-7 24-6 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

Helsinki Challenger
Virtanen's Record

Denis Yevseyev

Denis Yevseyev

32 - 33win/loss

Hard
14-14
I Hard
6-6
Clay
10-11
Grass
2-2
Rank
218
High
153
WWLWLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-33 14-14 10-11 6-6 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.

Helsinki Challenger
Yevseyev's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

O.Virtanen
D.Yevseyev
2h:06
2h:06
Time on court​
2h:00
2h:00
!
0h:58
0h:58
Last match​
!
0h:55
0h:55
2
2
Match played
2
2
36
36
Games Played​
36
36
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
135
135
Total points​
114
114
67.5
67.5
Avg point​
57
57
49
49
Winners
38
38
24.5
24.5
Avg Winners​
19
19
36%
36%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
3
3
10
10
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
5
5
Double Faults
0
0
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
49/59
49/59
1st won total​
38/54
38/54
!
83%
83%
1st won %
70%
70%
24/42
24/42
2nd won total​
32/43
32/43
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
74%
74%
-- Break Points --
8/21
8/21
BP won
7/10
7/10
4/10.5
4/10.5
Avg BP won
3.5/5
3.5/5
38%
38%
Won
!
70%
70%
8
8
Conceded
2
2
4
4
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
6
6
Saved
1
1

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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