Botic Van De Zandschulp and Otto Virtanen will face off in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.533
Otto Virtanen -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Otto Virtanen
This will be the 3rd time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Otto Virtanen play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Van De Zandschulp and Virtanen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Virtanen won 7-6(0) 6-4 in the Rubber 1 in Davis Cup, Group D, Split back in 2023.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 13-11 | 11-10 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-33 | 9-11 | 16-12 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 10-9 | 4-6 | 12-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 14-11 | 11-7 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 17-5 | 24-10 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, the Dutch reached the qualifications after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-1 2-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Kirkin, Botic had a free pass after Kirkin retired on a 6-1 2-1 . scoreline.
Van De Zandschulp has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (324-201). 1-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van De Zandschulp has a composed 62-45 record in the last years on hard.
The Dutch has a compiled 1-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-24 | 4-9 | 5-9 | 12-6 | 6-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 98, Virtanen got to the qualifications after defeating Terence Atmane 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Atmane (6-4 7-5). During the match Virtanen scored 76 points vs Atmane’s 67. Otto was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Otto Virtanen lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 67% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Atmane 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Virtanen has a compiled 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van De Zandschulp | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 10 | 22 |
| Pts | 38-20 | 76-67 |
| Total Points | 58 | 143 |
| Winners | 13 | 37 |
| %Winners | 34% | 49% |
Both Van De Zandschulp and Virtanen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Van De Zandschulp has played 1 set more than Virtanen (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Van De Zandschulp played 12 games less than Virtanen. The Dutch scored 13 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn struck 37 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van De Zandschulp | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 15/28 | 51/76 |
| %1st in | 54% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 13/15 | 37/51 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 48% |
Van De Zandschulp recorded 4 aces . Virtanen managed to score 2 aces . Van De Zandschulp won 87% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van De Zandschulp | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 75% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Botic broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Botic was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Finn broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van De Zandschulp | |||
| Q1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 38-20 | 38-20 | |
| Total points | 58 | 58 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 13/15 | 13/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Atmane |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-67 | 76-67 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 51/76 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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