Arthur Fils and Otto Virtanen will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:30 am on Margaret Court Arena. 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 Arthur Fils who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Fils is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fils -> 1.21
Otto Virtanen -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Fils and Otto Virtanen play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fils won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in the Quimper Challenger back in 2023.

Arthur Fils

Arthur Fils

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
20
High
20
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 42-28 15-9 14-10 7-6 6-3 0-0
2023 43-24 5-4 13-8 21-10 4-2 0-0
2022 43-28 0-1 23-15 20-12 0-0 0-0
2021 33-26 3-2 29-17 1-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 20 (career-high), Fils will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Muller in the quarter on the 3rd of January.

Arthur has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 163-109 record. He has a positive 24-17 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Fils's Record

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen

43 - 28win/loss

Hard
9-11
I Hard
24-7
Clay
5-7
Grass
5-3
Rank
94
High
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. 92, the Finn will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Yevseyev in the quarter on the 8th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of his career, Otto has an overall 205-136 record. He has a negative 21-24 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Virtanen's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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