Otto Virtanen and Matteo Martineau will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Roanne Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRAL A.VACHERESSE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.39
Matteo Martineau -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Matteo Martineau

This will be the 2^nd time that Otto Virtanen and Matteo Martineau play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Virtanen won 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Brest Challenger back in 2024.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 140, the Finn reached the semifinal after defeating Tom Paris 6-3 7-6(5), Alexander Blockx 2-6 6-3 7-6(3) and Calvin Hemery 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Otto had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-4 6-4). During the match, Virtanen scored 60 points vs Hemery’s 50. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Virtanen fired 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Otto broke Hemery twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Virtanen has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (224-156). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Virtanen has an overall123-50 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 overcame Colton Smith in the final 6-4 6-4.

Otto has a compiled 19-20 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

Matteo Martineau

Ranked no. 297, the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Etienne Donnet 7-6(4) 6-4, Jelle Sels 6-3 7-6(6), Alexis Galarneau 6-3 6-3, Milos Karol 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(7) and Mika Brunold 6-7(4) 6-1 7-6(0).

In the quarter against Brunold, Martineau recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-1 7-6⁰). During the match Martineau scored 129 points vs Brunold’s 108. Martineau was quite aggressive to blast 65 winners.

About the serving games, Martineau scored 8 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Matteo Martineau was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (65/85) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Martineau broke Brunold 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Matteo’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.

Martineau has an aggregate 25-31 win-loss record in 2025, 16-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Virtanen	Martineau
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	12
Tot Games	72	131
Pts	221-201	467-406
Total Points	422	873
Winners	103	223
%Winners	47%	48%

Virtanen played 3 matches while Martineau competed in 5 matches. Martineau started his run from the qualifications while Virtanen had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen dropped 1 set, while Matteo Martineau surrendered 2 sets. Virtanen has played 5 set(s) less than Martineau (7 vs 12). Therefore, Virtanen played 59 games less than Martineau. The Finn scored 103 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 223 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Virtanen	Martineau
Aces	30	50
Avg per match	10	10
1st in	122/207	285/394
%1st in	59%	72%
1st pts	103/122	223/285
%1st pts	84%	78%
2nd pts	43/85	52/109
%2nd pts	51%	48%

Virtanen fired 30 aces (10 per match). Martineau fired 50 aces (10 per match). Virtanen won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 78% 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	Virtanen	Martineau
Won	7	15
Converted	7/15	15/48
% Converted	47%	31%
Conceded	12	21
Saved	9	13
% Saved	75%	62%
Times Broken	3	8

Virtanen broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Otto lost his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 15 times with a 31% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
	R1 Paris	R2 Blockx	1/4 Hemery	Total
Score	6-3 7-65	2-6 6-3 7-63	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	30	20	72
pts	70-62	91-89	60-50	221-201
Total points	132	180	110	422
Winners	32	40	31	103
%Winners	46%	44%	52%	47%
SERVE
Aces	10	10	10	30
Double Faults	2	5	3	10
1st in	37/65	50/87	35/55	122/207
% 1st in	57%	57%	64%	59%
1st pts	32/37	40/50	31/35	103/122
% 1st pts	86%	80%	89%	84%
2nd pts	14/28	18/37	11/20	43/85
% 2nd pts	50%	49%	55%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	3	2	7
Converted	2/4	3/7	2/4	7/15
Converted %	50%	43%	50%	47%
Conceded	2	8	2	12
Saved	2/2	5/8	2/2	9
Saved %	100%	63%	100%	88%
Times Broken	0	3	0	3

Martineau
	Q1 Donnet	Q3 Sels	R1 Galarneau	R2 Karol	1/4 Brunold	Total
Score	7-64 6-4	6-3 7-66	6-3 6-3	3-6 7-65 7-67	6-74 6-1 7-60
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	3	12
Tot Games	23	22	18	35	33	131
pts	83-71	80-68	69-46	106-113	129-108	467-406
Total points	154	148	115	219	237	873
Winners	36	35	25	62	65	223
%Winners	43%	44%	36%	58%	50%	48%
SERVE
Aces	10	5	11	16	8	50
Double Faults	4	4	1	4	0	13
1st in	46/70	43/62	29/42	82/104	85/116	285/394
% 1st in	66%	69%	69%	79%	73%	72%
1st pts	36/46	35/43	25/29	62/82	65/85	223/285
% 1st pts	78%	81%	86%	76%	76%	78%
2nd pts	15/24	8/19	9/13	4/22	16/31	52/109
% 2nd pts	63%	42%	69%	18%	52%	48%
Breaks
Won	2	3	4	3	3	15
Converted	2/6	3/6	4/15	3/6	3/15	15/48
Converted %	33%	50%	27%	50%	20%	31%
Conceded	3	2	1	5	10	21
Saved	2/3	1/2	0/1	1/5	9/10	13
Saved %	67%	50%	0%	20%	90%	76%
Times Broken	1	1	1	4	1	8

Tennis Scores in Roanne Challenger

• Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens – Hendrik Jebens/Joshua ParisJebens/Joshua Paris (6-7⁸ 6-4 14-12) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction