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Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 96 achieved on 28 October 2024. 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.
Career
= 2018: Juniors
=Virtanen won the Boys' Doubles title in the Wimbledon Championships in 2018. In December 2018 Virtanen won the singles tournament, the Orange Bowl.
= 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 debuts
=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.
= 2024: Roland Garros and Wimbledon debuts and first Major wins, top 100
=He entered the main draw of the 2024 French Open as a lucky loser, making his debut at this Major. He lost to fellow qualifier Filip Misolic in five sets.
Ranked No. 149, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making also his debut, and defeated Max Purcell for his first Major win. However, he lost to Tommy Paul in the second round.
He also qualified for the 2024 US Open making his second consecutive appearance. He recorded his first win at this Grand Slam, defeating fellow qualifier Quentin Halys.
Following lifting his sixth challenger title (out of six finals) in Brest, France, after saving three match points, Virtanen reached the top 100 in the rankings on 28 October 2024. He became just the tenth player in Challenger history to win his first six final appearances and first since Alexander Bublik in 2019.
Singles performance timeline
Current through the 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round.
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 Tour finals
= Singles: 6 (6 titles)
== Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
=ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
= Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
== Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
=Junior Grand Slam finals
= Doubles: 1 (1 title)
=References
External links
Otto Virtanen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Otto Virtanen at the International Tennis Federation
Otto Virtanen at the Davis Cup
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Otto Wallach
- Otto Hahn
- Otto Diels
- AS Terbuka 2023 (tenis)
- Heinrich Otto Wieland
- Ernst Otto Fischer
- Marie Curie
- Kurt Alder
- Ernest Rutherford
- Eduard Buchner
- Otto Virtanen
- 2024 Brest Challenger
- 2023 Davis Cup Finals
- 2024 Davis Cup Finals
- 2024 French Open – Men's singles
- 2024 ATP Challenger Tour
- 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round
- 2024 US Open – Men's singles qualifying
- 2024 US Open – Men's singles
- Pongfinity
