Otto Virtanen

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Otto Virtanen
Country (sports)  Finland
Residence Helsinki, Finland
Born (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23)
Hyvinkää, Finland
Height 1.91 metres (6 ft 3 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Pasi Virtanen
Prize money $62,361
Singles
Career record 3–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 245 (8 August 2022)
Current ranking No. 245 (8 August 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior QF (2019)
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2019)
US Open Junior 2R (2018)
Doubles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 581 (13 December 2021)
Current ranking No. 940 (8 August 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon Junior W (2018)
Last updated on: 8 August 2022.

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

Virtanen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 245 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 581 achieved on 13 December 2021.[1]

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

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. Unsurprisingly, no member of the general public was able to return his serve, which resulted in Virtanen winning the $1000 prize.

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
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)

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

References

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External links

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