Otto Virtanen

Finnish tennis player
Otto Virtanen
Country (sports) Finland
ResidenceHelsinki, Finland
Born (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 22)
Hyvinkää, Finland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPasi Virtanen
Prize money$377,221
Singles
Career record8–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 166 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 243 (19 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 392 (15 January 2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2023)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player.

Virtanen has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 109 achieved on 3 April 2023. 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]

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

Career

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 debut

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]

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 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon NH A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
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 and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
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 World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Japan Yuta Shimizu 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2020 M15 Parnu, Estonia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Russia Yan Sabanin 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–2 Feb 2021 M15 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Germany Mats Rosenkranz 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–3 May 2021 M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 0–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2021 M25 Muttenz, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Clay Switzerland Jakub Paul 1–6, 5–7
Win 3–4 Sep 2021 M25 Jönköping, Sweden World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Norway Viktor Durasovic 6–4, 6–0
Loss 3–5 Jan 2022 M25 Vilnius, Lithuania World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Kazakhstan Denis Yevseyev 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–6 May 2022 M25 Kouvola, Finland World Tennis Tour Hard Ivan Nedelko 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–6 Nov 2022 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 6–2, 7–5
Win 5–6 Mar 2023 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Turkey Cem İlkel 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–6 Apr 2023 Lille, France Challenger Hard (i) Australia Max Purcell 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–6 Feb 2024 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Leandro Riedi 7–5, 7–5
Win 8–6 Mar 2024 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Germany Daniel Masur 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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
Win 2–2 Oct 2022 Brest,
France
Challenger Hard (i) Norway Viktor Durasovic Sweden Filip Bergevi
Greece Petros Tsitsipas
6–4, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

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 | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Van Assche Breaks the Top 100 in Sanremo". 3 April 2023.
  5. ^ https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-08-26/meet_the_2023_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html

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Association of Tennis Professionals Finland Top Finnish male singles tennis players
As of Mar 17, 2024
  • 1. Emil Ruusuvuori (48 Decrease2)
  • 2. Otto Virtanen (127 Decrease1)
  • 3. Patrick Kaukovalta (773 Decrease1)
  • 4. Iiro Vasa (850 Decrease2)
  • 5. Eero Vasa (1,007 Increase1)
  • 6. Aleksi Lofman (T1,439 Decrease13)
  • 7. Oskar Antinheimo (T1,776 Decrease7)
  • 8. Vesa Ahti (T1,929 Decrease75)


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