Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen
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    • 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 MAY 2024)

    • Former Top 10 junior broke into Top 200 in November 2022 after coming from qualifying to win 1st Challenger title in Bergamo and achieved career-high No. 109 in April 2023 after winning Challenger titles in Lugano and Lille in March.
    • Made tour-level debut playing for Finland at 2020 Davis Cup, earning all 8 tour-level wins in Davis Cup play, including wins over No. 39 McDonald and No. 68 van de Zandschulp to lead Finland to 2023 Davis Cup SF.
    • Made ATP Tour debut at 2023 Gstaad as LL, qualified for 2023 US Open, losing to Etcheverry in 1R in 4h25m marathon, then entered 2024 Roland Garros as LL.
    • Owns 65-44 Challenger record (5-0 in finals), including titles this season at 2024 Pau and 2024 Lugano.
    • For 1st Challenger title at 2022 Bergamo, defeated current Top 50 players Zhang in 2R, Borges in SF and Struff in F.
    • Peaked at No. 6 in juniors in 2018 after capturing 2018 Orange Bowl singles title and 2018 Wimbledon boys' doubles title w/Erel.
    • His father, Pasi, reached career-high No. 302 in 1985, and coached his son for large part of his career.

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