Marin Cilic and Otto Virtanen will square off in the quarter of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.82
Otto Virtanen -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Otto Virtanen

There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marin Cilic

Ranked no. 79, Marin reached the quarter after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-4 7-5 and Stefano Napolitano 6-2 4-6 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Cilic defeated Napolitano (6-2 4-6 7-5). During the match, Cilic scored 99 points vs Napolitano’s 88. Marin was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cilic overpowered his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was very effective on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Marin broke Napolitano 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has dropped 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Cilic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (278-172). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has an aggregate 61-45 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he defeated Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he overcame Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-2 6-3.

Cilic has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 141, Virtanen reached the quarter after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-1 7-6(6) and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Otto had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-4 6-2). During the match Virtanen scored 69 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 52. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen made 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Otto broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Finn hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering 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.

Virtanen has an aggregate 25-22 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cilic	Virtanen
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	52	38
Pts	171-150	146-117
Total Points	321	263
Winners	66	57
%Winners	39%	39%

Both Cilic and Virtanen played 2 matches. At the moment, Marin Cilic conceded 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cilic has played 1 set more than Virtanen (5 vs 4). Therefore, Cilic played 14 games more than Virtanen. The Croatian scored 66 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Virtanen bagged 57 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cilic	Virtanen
Aces	30	33
Avg per match	15	16.5
1st in	86/158	70/118
%1st in	54%	59%
1st pts	66/86	57/70
%1st pts	77%	81%
2nd pts	39/72	24/48
%2nd pts	54%	50%

Cilic managed to score 30 aces (15 per match). Virtanen fired 33 aces (16.5 per match). Cilic won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 81% 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	Cilic	Virtanen
Won	8	7
Converted	8/20	7/17
% Converted	40%	41%
Conceded	13	5
Saved	9	3
% Saved	69%	60%
Times Broken	4	2

Cilic broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Marin dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Otto broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Cilic
	R1 Hassan	R2 Napolitano	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-2 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	30	52
pts	72-62	99-88	171-150
Total points	134	187	321
Winners	29	37	66
%Winners	40%	37%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	21	30
Double Faults	5	3	8
1st in	34/65	52/93	86/158
% 1st in	52%	56%	54%
1st pts	29/34	37/52	66/86
% 1st pts	85%	71%	77%
2nd pts	16/31	23/41	39/72
% 2nd pts	52%	56%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/8	5/12	8/20
Converted %	38%	42%	40%
Conceded	4	9	13
Saved	3/4	6/9	9
Saved %	75%	67%	71%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Virtanen
	R1 Onclin	R2 Ruusuvuori	Total
Score	6-1 7-66	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	18	38
pts	77-65	69-52	146-117
Total points	142	121	263
Winners	31	26	57
%Winners	40%	38%	39%
SERVE
Aces	18	15	33
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	37/67	33/51	70/118
% 1st in	55%	65%	59%
1st pts	31/37	26/33	57/70
% 1st pts	84%	79%	81%
2nd pts	14/30	10/18	24/48
% 2nd pts	47%	56%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/8	4/9	7/17
Converted %	38%	44%	41%
Conceded	3	2	5
Saved	2/3	1/2	3
Saved %	67%	50%	59%
Times Broken	1	1	2

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