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Otto Virtanen

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Otto Virtanen
Virtanen at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports) Finland
ResidenceHelsinki, 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)
CoachPasi Virtanen
Prize moneyUS $833,872
Singles
Career record11–15 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 96 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 96 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open2R (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. 849 (21 October 2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2023)
Last updated on: 28 October 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]

Career

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2018: Juniors

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Singles: 6 (6 titles)

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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) Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 Mar 2023 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Turkey Cem İlkel 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–0 Apr 2023 Lille, France Challenger Hard (i) Australia Max Purcell 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–0 Feb 2024 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Leandro Riedi 7–5, 7–5
Win 5–0 Mar 2024 Lugano, Switzerland (2) Challenger Hard (i) Germany Daniel Masur 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 6–0 Oct 2024 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i) France Benjamin Bonzi 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i) Norway Viktor Durasovic Sweden Filip Bergevi
Greece Petros Tsitsipas 		6–4, 6–4

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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

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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 Sweden Karl Friberg 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2020 M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan WTT Hard (i) Japan Yuta Shimizu 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2020 M15 Pärnu, Estonia WTT Hard (i) Russia Yan Sabanin 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–2 Feb 2021 M15 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan WTT Hard (i) Germany Mats Rosenkranz 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–3 May 2021 M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina WTT Clay Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 0–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2021 M25 Muttenz, Switzerland WTT Clay Switzerland Jakub Paul 1–6, 5–7
Win 3–4 Sep 2021 M25 Jönköping, Sweden WTT Hard (i) Norway Viktor Durasovic 6–4, 6–0
Loss 3–5 Jan 2022 M25 Vilnius, Lithuania WTT Hard (i) Kazakhstan 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)

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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 Germany Louis Wessels Sweden Markus Eriksson
Sweden Fred Simonsson 		1–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2018 Finland F3, Helsinki Futures Clay Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen Finland Hermanni Tiainen
Finland Ilari Vesanen 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Nov 2018 Finland F4, Helsinki Futures Hard Germany Louis Wessels Germany Patrick Mayer
Russia Alexander Vasilenko 		6–7(5–7), 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

References

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  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.
  13. ^ "Virtanen saves three championship points to make Top 100 debut". ATPTennis. 28 October 2024.
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