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.
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
18 - 20win/loss
126
91
| 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
Calvin Hemery
29 - 29win/loss
257
116
| 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
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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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