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 Hyvinkää, Finland
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Pasi Virtanen
Prize money	$356,780
Singles
Career record	7–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 109 (3 April 2023)
Current ranking	No. 124 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
French Open	Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2023)
US Open	1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 243 (19 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 342 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Junior	W (2018)
Last updated on: 26 September 2023.

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. He is currently the No. 2 Finnish singles tennis player.

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.

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

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 2023 Davis Cup Finals group stage.

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	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 / 1	0–1	0%
National representation
Davis Cup	G1		G1	QF	0 / 0	6–4	60%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	3	Career total: 3
Overall win–loss	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–4	0 / 3	6–7	46%
Year-end ranking	610	395	175

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.

Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (6–3) 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	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	1–2	Nov 2020	M15 Parnu, Estonia	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Yan Sabanin	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–2	Feb 2021	M15 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Mats Rosenkranz	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–3	May 2021	M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Eric Vanshelboim	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 0–6
Loss	2–4	Aug 2021	M25 Muttenz, Switzerland	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jakub Paul	1–6, 5–7
Win	3–4	Sep 2021	M25 Jönköping, Sweden	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Viktor Durasovic	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–5	Jan 2022	M25 Vilnius, Lithuania	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	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)	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–2, 7–5
Win	5–6	Mar 2023	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Cem İlkel	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	6–6	Apr 2023	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Max Purcell	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2

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	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
Win	2–2	Oct 2022	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Viktor Durasovic	Filip Bergevi Petros Tsitsipas	6–4, 6–4

External links

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