Otto Virtanen

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Otto Virtanen
Virtanen MLC22.jpg
Virtanen at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Residence Helsinki, Finland
Born (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23)
Hyvinkää, Finland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Pasi Virtanen
Prize moneyUS $871,631
Singles
Career record11–15 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 91 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 91 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2023, 2024)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 2R (2024)
US Open 2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 243 (19 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 857 (4 November 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup SF (2023)
Last updated on: 10 November 2024.

Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 96 achieved on 28 October 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 243 achieved on 19 June 2023. [1] He is currently the No. 2 Finnish singles tennis player. [2]

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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. [3] [4]

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open after qualifying into the main draw. [5]

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. [6] He lost to fellow qualifier Filip Misolic in five sets. [7]

Ranked No. 149, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making also his debut, [8] and defeated Max Purcell for his first Major win. However, he lost to Tommy Paul in the second round. [9] He also qualified for the 2024 US Open making his second consecutive appearance. [10] He recorded his first win at this Grand Slam, defeating fellow qualifier Quentin Halys. [11]

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. [12] [13]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q1 Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
French Open AAA Q2 1R 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon NHAA Q3 2R 0 / 11–150%
US Open AAA 1R 2R 0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–12–30 / 42–433%
National representation
Davis Cup G1 G1 SF QR 0 / 18–562%
Career statistics
Tournaments00030Career total: 3
Overall win–loss1–11–01–24–51–00 / 38–850%
Year-end ranking610395175168

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Nov 2022 Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Lennard Struff 6–2, 7–5
Win2–0 Mar 2023 Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg Cem İlkel 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win3–0 Apr 2023 Lille, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win4–0 Feb 2024 Pau, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Leandro Riedi 7–5, 7–5
Win5–0 Mar 2024 Lugano, Switzerland (2)ChallengerHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Masur 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win6–0 Oct 2024 Brest, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Benjamin Bonzi 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Oct 2022 Brest, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Norway.svg Viktor Durasovic Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Bergevi
Flag of Greece.svg Petros Tsitsipas 		6–4, 6–4
Loss1–1 Oct 2023 Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Maxime Cressy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United States.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 2018Finland F3, HelsinkiFuturesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Karl Friberg 4–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Feb 2020M25 Aktobe, KazakhstanWTTHard (i) Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Shimizu 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win1–2Nov 2020M15 Pärnu, EstoniaWTTHard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Yan Sabanin6–3, 6–0
Win2–2Feb 2021M15 Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanWTTHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Mats Rosenkranz 7–5, 6–3
Loss2–3May 2021M15 Brčko, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Eric Vanshelboim3–6, 7–6(7–4), 0–6
Loss2–4Aug 2021M25 Muttenz, SwitzerlandWTTClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakub Paul 1–6, 5–7
Win3–4Sep 2021M25 Jönköping, SwedenWTTHard (i) Flag of Norway.svg Viktor Durasovic 6–4, 6–0
Loss3–5Jan 2022M25 Vilnius, LithuaniaWTTHard (i) Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Denis Yevseyev 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss3–6May 2022M25 Kouvola, FinlandWTTHardFlag placeholder.svg Ivan Nedelko 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

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

Legend
ITF Futures (1–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2018Sweden F1, KarlskronaFuturesClay Flag of Germany.svg Louis Wessels Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson
Flag of Sweden.svg Fred Simonsson 		1–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win1–1Aug 2018Finland F3, HelsinkiFuturesClay Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Niklas-Salminen Flag of Finland.svg Hermanni Tiainen
Flag of Finland.svg Ilari Vesanen		6–3, 6–3
Loss1–2Nov 2018Finland F4, HelsinkiFuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Louis Wessels Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Mayer
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Vasilenko		6–7(5–7), 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2018 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Turkey.svg Yankı Erel Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Mejía
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Štyler 		7–6(7–5), 6–4

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References

  1. ↑ "Otto Virtanen | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ↑ "18-Year-Old van Assche Claims Sanremo Challenger, Cracks Top 100; Virtanen earns second title of season| ATP Tour | Tennis". 3 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Van Assche Breaks the Top 100 in Sanremo". 3 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Meet the 2023 US Open men's qualifiers" . Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "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".
  7. ↑ "Roland-Garros: Misolic wins great battle against Virtanen". 27 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Pouille headlines quartet of French qualifiers at Wimbledon". ATPtour.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Family First: Why Otto Virtanen raced back to Finland after qualifying at Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  10. ↑ "Medjedovic, Schwartzman and more: Meet the 2024 US Open men's qualifiers". 25 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "US Open: Virtanen overcomes tricky Halys to reach second round". 27 August 2024.
  12. ↑ @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.
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