Otto Virtanen and Calvin Hemery will play each other in the quarter of the Roanne Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL A.VACHERESSE. 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 -> 1.43
Calvin Hemery -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Calvin Hemery

There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Calvin Hemery since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen

18 - 20win/loss

Hard
4-9
I Hard
3-2
Clay
5-9
Grass
6-0
Rank
126
High
91
LWWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-23 4-9 5-9 12-5 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. 140, Otto got to the quarter after beating Tom Paris 6-3 7-6(5) and Alexander Blockx 2-6 6-3 7-6(3).

In the 2nd round against Blockx, Virtanen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-63). During the match, Virtanen scored 91 points vs Blockx’s 89. Otto was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Virtanen fired 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 57% of his first serves in, winning 80% (40/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Blockx 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Otto has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Virtanen has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (223-156). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has an aggregate122-50 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Otto has an overall 18-20 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

Roanne Challenger
Virtanen's Record

Calvin Hemery

Calvin Hemery

29 - 29win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
5-6
Clay
21-16
Grass
0-1
Rank
257
High
116
LWLLLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-33 3-6 21-16 6-10 0-1 0-0
2024 39-33 1-3 27-19 11-11 0-0 0-0
2023 49-25 8-2 28-14 13-9 0-0 0-0
2022 28-29 6-6 19-16 3-7 0-0 0-0
2021 36-20 8-6 20-8 7-5 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 210, the French player reached the quarter after defeating Daniil Glinka 6-3 6-4

and Jordan Thompson 5-2 ret..

In the 2nd round against Thompson, Hemery had a free pass after Thompson retired on a 5-2 . scoreline.

The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Brazzaville Challenger and the Troyes Challenger.

Hemery has an aggregate 29-29 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2024. See his history

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Roanne Challenger
Hemery's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

O.Virtanen
C.Hemery
!
3h:21
3h:21
Time on court​
1h:58
1h:58
1h:56
1h:56
Last match​
!
0h:41
0h:41
2
2
Match played
2
2
52
52
Games Played​
26
26
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
161
161
Total points​
99
99
80.5
80.5
Avg point​
49.5
49.5
72
72
Winners
51
51
36
36
Avg Winners​
25.5
25.5
45%
45%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
15
15
10
10
Avg Aces
7.5
7.5
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
72/87
72/87
1st won total​
51/61
51/61
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
32/65
32/65
2nd won total​
20/43
20/43
49%
49%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
3/5
3/5
2.5/5.5
2.5/5.5
Avg BP won
1.5/2.5
1.5/2.5
45%
45%
Won
!
60%
60%
10
10
Conceded
8
8
5
5
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
0
0
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Virtanen Hemery
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 52 26
Pts 161-151 99-79
Total Points 312 178
Winners 72 51
%Winners 45% 52%

Both Virtanen and Hemery played 2 matches. At the moment, Otto Virtanen surrendered 1 set while Calvin Hemery hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Virtanen has played 1 set more than Hemery (5 vs 4). Therefore, Virtanen played 26 games more than Hemery. Virtanen scored 72 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Hemery scored 51 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Virtanen Hemery
Aces 20 15
Avg per match 10 7.5
1st in 87/152 61/104
%1st in 57% 59%
1st pts 72/87 51/61
%1st pts 83% 84%
2nd pts 32/65 20/43
%2nd pts 49% 47%

Virtanen blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Hemery made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Virtanen won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Hemery won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Virtanen Hemery
Won 5 3
Converted 5/11 3/5
% Converted 45% 60%
Conceded 10 8
Saved 7 8
% Saved 70% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

Virtanen broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Finn dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Calvin broke his opponents 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Hemery was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.

Virtanen
R1
Paris
R2
Blockx
Total
Score 6-3 7-65 2-6 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 22 30 52
pts 70-62 91-89 161-151
Total points 132 180 312
Winners 32 40 72
%Winners 46% 44% 45%
SERVE
Aces 10 10 20
Double Faults 2 5 7
1st in 37/65 50/87 87/152
% 1st in 57% 57% 57%
1st pts 32/37 40/50 72/87
% 1st pts 86% 80% 83%
2nd pts 14/28 18/37 32/65
% 2nd pts 50% 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/4 3/7 5/11
Converted % 50% 43% 45%
Conceded 2 8 10
Saved 2/2 5/8 7
Saved % 100% 63% 82%
Times Broken 0 3 3
Hemery
R1
Glinka
R2
Thompson
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 5-2 ret.
Tot Set 2 1 3
Tot Games 19 7 26
pts 65-52 34-27 99-79
Total points 117 61 178
Winners 29 22 51
%Winners 45% 65% 52%
SERVE
Aces 7 8 15
Double Faults 4 3 7
1st in 32/60 29/44 61/104
% 1st in 53% 66% 59%
1st pts 29/32 22/29 51/61
% 1st pts 91% 76% 84%
2nd pts 15/28 5/15 20/43
% 2nd pts 54% 33% 47%
Breaks
Won 2 1 3
Converted 2/3 1/2 3/5
Converted % 67% 50% 60%
Conceded 2 6 8
Saved 2/2 6/6 8
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

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