Otto Virtanen and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will square off in the 2nd round of the Thionville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.56
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 2nd time that Otto Virtanen and Pierre-Hugues Herbert fight against 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 squared off, Virtanen won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Lugano Challenger back in 2024.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-21 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 5-1 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 128, Virtanen reached the 2nd round after beating Tom Paris 6-4 1-6 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Virtanen defeated Paris (6-4 1-6 7-62).During the match, Virtanen scored less points (5) than Paris. In fact, the world no. 128 won 88 points vs Paris’s. That means that Virtanen was more focused during the important points. Otto was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Virtanen blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. Virtanen broke Paris twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (240-163). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has an overall 134-54 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Virtanen’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Manama Challenger.
The Finn has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2026, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Thionville Challenger
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-18 | 5-5 | 5-8 | 5-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-27 | 1-5 | 8-11 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Herbert got to the 2nd round after beating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Herbert defeated Arnaud Bailly (6-3 6-73 6-3). During the match Herbert scored 100 points vs Arnaud Bailly’s 84. Pierre-Hugues was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Herbert recorded 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 67% (24/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pierre-Hugues broke Arnaud Bailly 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger.
Herbert has a composed 9-4 win-loss record in 2026, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 |
| Pts | 88-93 | 100-84 |
| Total Points | 181 | 184 |
| Winners | 34 | 39 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Virtanen and Herbert played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen dropped 1 set, while Pierre-Hugues Herbert dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Herbert have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Virtanen played 1 game less than Herbert. Otto scored 34 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 39 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 12 |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 49/85 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 39/49 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 24/36 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 67% |
Virtanen blasted 7 aces . Herbert struck 12 aces . Virtanen won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 29% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Otto broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Finn surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Herbert conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| R1 Paris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 88-93 | 88-93 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 49/79 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Arnaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-73 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-84 | 100-84 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/85 | 49/85 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 39/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/36 | 24/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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