Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen

Virtanen at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)	Finland
Residence	Helsinki, Finland
Born	(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23) Hyvinkää, Finland
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Pasi Virtanen
Prize money	US $876,096
Singles
Career record	12–19 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 91 (11 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 97 (27 January 2025) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2025)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 243 (19 June 2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2023)
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 91 achieved on 11 November 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 243 achieved on 19 June 2023. ^[2] He is currently the No. 1 Finnish singles tennis player. ^[3]

Career

2018: Juniors

Virtanen won the Boys' Doubles title in the Wimbledon Championships in 2018. In December 2018 Virtanen won the singles tournament, the Orange Bowl.

2022: First Challenger title

He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Trofeo Faip–Perrel and reached the top 200 at world No. 195 on 7 November 2022.

2023: Top 150 and Grand Slam debuts

Following a second title at the 2023 Challenger Città di Lugano he reached the top 150 at No. 139 on 20 March 2023, and a third title in Lille the top 110 at No. 109 on 3 April 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open after qualifying into the main draw. ^[6]

2024: Roland Garros and Wimbledon debuts and first Major wins, top 100

He entered the main draw of the 2024 French Open as a lucky loser, making his debut at this Major. ^[7] He lost to fellow qualifier Filip Misolic in five sets. ^[8]

Ranked No. 149, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making also his debut, ^[9] and defeated Max Purcell for his first Major win. However, he lost to Tommy Paul in the second round. ^[10] He also qualified for the 2024 US Open making his second consecutive appearance. ^[11] He recorded his first win at this Grand Slam, defeating fellow qualifier Quentin Halys. ^[12]

Following lifting his sixth challenger title (out of six finals) in Brest, France, after saving three match points, Virtanen reached the top 100 in the rankings on 28 October 2024. He became just the tenth player in Challenger history to win his first six final appearances and first since Alexander Bublik in 2019. ^{[13] [14]}

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round.

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	NH	A	A	Q3	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	0 / 4	2–4	33%
National representation
Davis Cup	G1		G1	SF	QR	0 / 1	8–5	62%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	3	0	Career total: 3
Overall win–loss	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–5	1–0	0 / 3	8–8	50%
Year-end ranking	610	395	175	168

Personal life

Virtanen appeared in two videos on the Finland-based YouTube channel Pongfinity, one titled "Tennis Trick Shots" in July 2019, and another titled "Return a Pro Tennis Serve, Win $1000" in June 2022.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (6 titles)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (6–0)

Finals by surface Hard (6–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2022	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Mar 2023	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Cem İlkel	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–0	Apr 2023	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Max Purcell	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win	4–0	Feb 2024	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Leandro Riedi	7–5, 7–5
Win	5–0	Mar 2024	Lugano, Switzerland (2)	Challenger	Hard (i)	Daniel Masur	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	6–0	Oct 2024	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Benjamin Bonzi	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2022	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Viktor Durasovic	Filip Bergevi Petros Tsitsipas	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2023	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Maxime Cressy	Julian Cash Robert Galloway	4–6, 7–5, [10–12]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures/WTT (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2018	Finland F3, Helsinki	Futures	Clay	Karl Friberg	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2020	M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan	WTT	Hard (i)	Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	1–2	Nov 2020	M15 Pärnu, Estonia	WTT	Hard (i)	Yan Sabanin	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–2	Feb 2021	M15 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	WTT	Hard (i)	Mats Rosenkranz	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–3	May 2021	M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Eric Vanshelboim	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 0–6
Loss	2–4	Aug 2021	M25 Muttenz, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Jakub Paul	1–6, 5–7
Win	3–4	Sep 2021	M25 Jönköping, Sweden	WTT	Hard (i)	Viktor Durasovic	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–5	Jan 2022	M25 Vilnius, Lithuania	WTT	Hard (i)	Denis Yevseyev	7–5, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3–6	May 2022	M25 Kouvola, Finland	WTT	Hard	Ivan Nedelko	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2018	Sweden F1, Karlskrona	Futures	Clay	Louis Wessels	Markus Eriksson Fred Simonsson	1–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2018	Finland F3, Helsinki	Futures	Clay	Patrik Niklas-Salminen	Hermanni Tiainen Ilari Vesanen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Nov 2018	Finland F4, Helsinki	Futures	Hard	Louis Wessels	Patrick Mayer Alexander Vasilenko	6–7(5–7), 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Yankı Erel	Nicolás Mejía Ondřej Štyler	7–6(7–5), 6–4

References

1. "Otto Virtanen". ATP Tour . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
2. "Otto Virtanen | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
3. "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "18-Year-Old van Assche Claims Sanremo Challenger, Cracks Top 100; Virtanen earns second title of season| ATP Tour | Tennis". 3 April 2023.
5. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Van Assche Breaks the Top 100 in Sanremo". 3 April 2023.
6. "Meet the 2023 US Open men's qualifiers" . Retrieved 23 August 2024.
7. "Two-time finalist Dominic Thiem loses in qualifying in last Roland Garros appearance; Thiem was beaten 6-2, 7-5 by Otto Virtanen on Court Suzanne Lenglen".
8. "Roland-Garros: Misolic wins great battle against Virtanen". 27 May 2024.
9. "Pouille headlines quartet of French qualifiers at Wimbledon". ATPtour.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
10. "Family First: Why Otto Virtanen raced back to Finland after qualifying at Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
11. "Medjedovic, Schwartzman and more: Meet the 2024 US Open men's qualifiers". 25 August 2024.
12. "US Open: Virtanen overcomes tricky Halys to reach second round". 27 August 2024.
13. @edgeAIapp (27 October 2024). "Otto Virtanen refuses to lose in Challenger finals, improving his perfect record to 6-0 by defeating a red-hot Benjamin Bonzi 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in Brest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. "Virtanen saves three championship points to make Top 100 debut". ATPTennis. 28 October 2024.

External links

• Otto Virtanen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Otto Virtanen at the International Tennis Federation
• Otto Virtanen at the Davis Cup