Otto Virtanen and Marc-Andrea Huesler will face off in the 2nd round of the Birmingham Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE 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.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.727
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
This will be the 4th time that Otto Virtanen and Marc-Andrea Huesler clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Huesler (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Huesler won 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the qualifications in S hertogenbosch back in 2024.
Otto Virtanen
9 - 16win/loss
126
91
| 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. 114, Virtanen got to the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-64 6-3). During the match, Virtanen scored 75 points vs Vukic’s 60. Otto was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Virtanen struck 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Otto broke Vukic once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Virtanen has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (214-152). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has an overall17-10 record in the last 9 years on grass.
Otto has a composed 9-16 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
14 - 8win/loss
245
47
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 14-11 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-28 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 158, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after beating Harold Mayot 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Huesler had a good straight sets win against Mayot (7-61 6-4). During the match Huesler scored 71 points vs Mayot’s 57. Marc-Andrea was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Huesler blasted 9 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marc-Andrea Huesler was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marc-Andrea broke Mayot once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Cuernavaca Challenger where he beat Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Huesler has a composed 14-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 |
| Pts | 75-60 | 71-57 |
| Total Points | 135 | 128 |
| Winners | 34 | 38 |
| %Winners | 45% | 54% |
Both Virtanen and Huesler played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Huesler have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Virtanen played 1 game less than Huesler. Virtanen scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 38 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 9 |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 46/64 |
| %1st in | 60% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 38/46 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 67% |
Virtanen managed to score 15 aces . Huesler fired 9 aces . Virtanen won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 1 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/2 |
| % Converted | 17% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Otto broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. The Finn pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Huesler broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Vukic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-60 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 41/68 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Huesler | |||
| R1 Mayot | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Birmingham Challenger
- Alex BoltBolt – Li TuTu (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon HoltHolt – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alex BoltBolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction