Alexander Blockx and Otto Virtanen will square off in the quarter of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.82
Otto Virtanen -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Otto Virtanen
This will be the 4th time that Alexander Blockx and Otto Virtanen square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Virtanen won 2-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in the Roanne Challenger back in October 2025.
Alexander Blockx
38 - 26win/loss
116
101
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 23-11 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, the Belgian reached the quarter after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) and Billy Harris 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-1 6-1). During the match, Blockx scored 58 points vs Harris’s 30. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blockx blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Blockx conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 78% of his first serves in, win 89% (25/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (3/8) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Harris 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Blockx has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (112-72). 15-9 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Blockx has a compiled56-25 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.
The Belgian has a composed 38-26 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
23 - 21win/loss
127
91
LLWWWWLWWL | 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. 147, the Finn reached the quarter after defeating Martin Landaluce 6-2 7-5 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-2 6-4). During the match Virtanen scored 60 points vs Schoolkate’s 36. The Finn was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Virtanen recorded 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Otto Virtanen was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 88% (15/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Virtanen broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Virtanen hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Birmingham Challenger where he beat Colton Smith in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Roanne Challenger where he beat Hugo Gaston in the final 6-1 3-6 6-3.
The Finn has a composed 23-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Otto has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blockx | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 38 |
| Pts | 166-134 | 124-83 |
| Total Points | 300 | 207 |
| Winners | 69 | 51 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Blockx and Virtanen played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexander Blockx lost 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t lost a set so far. Blockx has played 1 set more than Virtanen (5 vs 4). Therefore, Blockx played 8 games more than Virtanen. Blockx scored 69 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn recorded 51 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blockx | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 10 |
| 1st in | 86/134 | 63/97 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 69/86 | 51/63 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 22/48 | 22/34 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 65% |
Blockx made 20 aces (10 per match). Virtanen bagged 20 aces (10 per match). Blockx won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blockx | Virtanen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 62% | 62% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Belgian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Virtanen broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Virtanen conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blockx | ||||
| R1 Struff |
R2 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-65 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 14 | 46 | |
| pts | 108-104 | 58-30 | 166-134 | |
| Total points | 212 | 88 | 300 | |
| Winners | 44 | 25 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 28/36 | 86/134 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 78% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 25/28 | 69/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 89% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 3/8 | 22/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/10 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Virtanen | ||||
| R1 Landaluce |
R2 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 60-36 | 124-83 | |
| Total points | 111 | 96 | 207 | |
| Winners | 30 | 21 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 25/42 | 63/97 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 60% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 21/25 | 51/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 15/17 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 88% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/5 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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