Otto Virtanen and Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.4
Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg

There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 141, the Finn got to the semifinal after defeating Gauthier Onclin 6-1 7-6(6), Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-2 and Marin Cilic 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Cilic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Virtanen scored 67 points vs Cilic’s 55. Otto was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Virtanen recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Virtanen broke Cilic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Finn hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Virtanen has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (231-158). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has a compiled130-52 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 beat Colton Smith in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Roanne Challenger where he overcame Hugo Gaston in the final 6-1 3-6 6-3.

The Finn has an aggregate 26-22 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg

Ranked no. 219, Sascha got to the semifinal after defeating Daniel Masur 6-4 6-4, Tom Gentzsch 6-3 6-1, Borna Gojo 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4, Matej Dodig 6-4 6-2 and Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, Sascha had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (6-3 7-5). During the match Gueymard scored 68 points vs Zeppieri’s 57. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Gueymard recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Zeppieri 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Quimper Challenger where he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2.

Sascha has an aggregate 34-36 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Sascha has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Virtanen	Gueymard
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	11
Tot Games	60	107
Pts	213-172	367-295
Total Points	385	662
Winners	81	145
%Winners	38%	40%

Virtanen played 3 matches while Gueymard competed in 5 matches. Gueymard started his run from the qualifications while Virtanen had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg lost 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t lost a set so far. Virtanen has played 5 set(s) less than Gueymard (6 vs 11). Therefore, Virtanen played 47 games less than Gueymard. Virtanen scored 81 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sascha fired 145 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Virtanen	Gueymard
Aces	42	35
Avg per match	14	7
1st in	97/174	195/337
%1st in	56%	58%
1st pts	81/97	145/195
%1st pts	84%	74%
2nd pts	42/77	82/142
%2nd pts	55%	58%

Virtanen made 42 aces (14 per match). Gueymard bagged 35 aces (7 per match). Virtanen won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gueymard won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Virtanen	Gueymard
Won	10	18
Converted	10/25	18/36
% Converted	40%	50%
Conceded	6	27
Saved	3	20
% Saved	50%	74%
Times Broken	3	7

Otto broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Finn surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gueymard broke his opponents 18 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sascha conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
	R1 Onclin	R2 Ruusuvuori	1/4 Cilic	Total
Score	6-1 7-66	6-4 6-2	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	18	22	60
pts	77-65	69-52	67-55	213-172
Total points	142	121	122	385
Winners	31	26	24	81
%Winners	40%	38%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	18	15	9	42
Double Faults	2	3	4	9
1st in	37/67	33/51	27/56	97/174
% 1st in	55%	65%	48%	56%
1st pts	31/37	26/33	24/27	81/97
% 1st pts	84%	79%	89%	84%
2nd pts	14/30	10/18	18/29	42/77
% 2nd pts	47%	56%	62%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/8	4/9	3/8	10/25
Converted %	38%	44%	38%	40%
Conceded	3	2	1	6
Saved	2/3	1/2	0/1	3
Saved %	67%	50%	0%	39%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Gueymard
	Q1 Masur	Q3 Gentzsch	R1 Gojo	R2 Dodig	1/4 Zeppieri	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-1	3-6 7-62 6-4	6-4 6-2	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	11
Tot Games	20	16	32	18	21	107
pts	64-51	62-39	112-104	61-44	68-57	367-295
Total points	115	101	216	105	125	662
Winners	28	17	47	26	27	145
%Winners	44%	27%	42%	43%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	11	4	8	35
Double Faults	3	1	3	2	2	11
1st in	36/61	23/46	67/115	31/48	38/67	195/337
% 1st in	59%	50%	58%	65%	57%	58%
1st pts	28/36	17/23	47/67	26/31	27/38	145/195
% 1st pts	78%	74%	70%	84%	71%	74%
2nd pts	10/25	17/23	25/48	11/17	19/29	82/142
% 2nd pts	40%	74%	52%	65%	66%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	3	3	18
Converted	4/5	4/9	4/9	3/8	3/5	18/36
Converted %	80%	44%	44%	38%	60%	50%
Conceded	7	0	12	1	7	27
Saved	5/7	0/0	8/12	1/1	6/7	20
Saved %	71%	–	67%	100%	86%	108%
Times Broken	2	0	4	0	1	7

Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger

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