Alexander Blockx and Otto Virtanen will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Roanne Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL A.VACHERESSE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.67
Otto Virtanen -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexander Blockx and Otto Virtanen play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Blockx won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2025.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 128, Blockx got to the 2^nd round after beating Jelle Sels 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-1 6-3). During the match, Blockx scored 56 points vs Sels’s 32. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Blockx scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Blockx was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Blockx broke Sels 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Blockx has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (109-70). 12-7 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blockx has a composed53-23 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.

Blockx has a composed 35-24 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 140, Otto reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tom Paris 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Paris (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Virtanen scored 70 points vs Paris’s 62. Virtanen was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Otto Virtanen conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 57% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Paris twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Birmingham Challenger where he defeated Colton Smith in the final 6-4 6-4.

Otto has a composed 17-20 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Blockx	Virtanen
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	22
Pts	56-32	70-62
Total Points	88	132
Winners	20	32
%Winners	36%	46%

Both Blockx and Virtanen played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blockx and Virtanen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blockx played 6 games less than Virtanen. The Belgian scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn fired 32 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Blockx	Virtanen
Aces	1	10
Avg per match	1	10
1st in	24/41	37/65
%1st in	59%	57%
1st pts	20/24	32/37
%1st pts	83%	86%
2nd pts	12/17	14/28
%2nd pts	71%	50%

Blockx blasted 1 ace . Virtanen also bagged 10 aces . Blockx won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Blockx	Virtanen
Won	4	2
Converted	4/7	2/4
% Converted	57%	50%
Conceded	0	2
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Belgian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Blockx was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Otto broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Finn was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Blockx
	R1 Sels	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	56-32	56-32
Total points	88	88
Winners	20	20
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	24/41	24/41
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	20/24	20/24
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	12/17	12/17
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Virtanen
	R1 Paris	Total
Score	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	70-62	70-62
Total points	132	132
Winners	32	32
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/65	37/65
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	32/37	32/37
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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