Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen
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  • Personal
  • Career
    • Began playing tennis at age 4 and started playing at home against a wall quite a lot before moving to a tennis court.
    • Youngest in family with brother, Panu played pro tennis briefly and reached a career-high No. 591 in doubles in May2019. Sisters, Ida and Else-Adelia, who also played tennis growing up.
    • Father, Pasi, played pro tennis and ranked a career-high No. 302 in June 1985. Hascoached his son throughout his career and has played a big role since the very beginning.
    • As a junior, ranked a career-high No. 13 in the world (year-end No. 6 in doubles) in 2018 and advanced to QF at Australian Open juniors in 2019. Also won Orange Bowl singles title and Wimbledon junior doubles title w/Erel in 2018.
    • Speaks Finnish, Swedish, Estonian and English
    • Considers serve as best shot and hard courts favorite surface.
    • Favorite tournament is Wimbledon and New York favorite city on tour.
    • Idolized Roger Federer growing up and Messi his favorite athlete.
    • Favorite food is sushi & poke bowl.

    (UPDATED 26 AUGUST2023)

    • Qualified into his 1st Grand Slam tournament at 2023 US Open, winning all 3 matches in 3 sets. In first 3 Grand Slam events of the season, lost in qualifying at Australian Open (1R), Roland Garros (2R) and Wimbledon (final round).
    • The No. 2 Finnish player behind Ruusuvuori reached a career-high No. 109 on 3 April 2023.
    • Looking for 1st career non-Davis Cup win and his 3 Davis Cup wins came in 2020 vs. Mexico (d. Manuel Sanchez), 2021 vs. India(d. Gunneswaran) and 2022 vs. New Zealand (d. Rai).
    • Has 0-3 tour-level record in 2023, in Davis Cup tie vs. Argentina (l. to F. Cerundolo) and 1R in Gstaad as LL (l. to Varillas) and Los Cabos (l. to Duckworth).
    • Has compiled an 18-10 match record on ATP Challenger Tour in 2023, winning titles in Lugano, SUI (d. Ilkel) and Lille, FRA (d. Purcell), both on indoor hard courts in a month span.
    • In 2022, captured 1st Challenger title at Bergamo, ITA (d. Struff) as Q. Also posted wins over Zhang, Stricker and Borges along the way.
    • Has an 46-33 career record on ATP Challnger Tour with 3 titles, all on hard courts (31-14 on hard, 9-12 on clay, 5-5 on grass). Has a 69-39 record on ITF World Tour with 3 titles.

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