# Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 91 achieved on 11 November 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 243 achieved on 19 June 2023. He is currently the No. 1 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

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | NH | A | A | Q3 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| National representation |||||||||
| Davis Cup | G1 | G1 | G1 | SF | QR | 0 / 1 | 8–5 | 62% |
| Career statistics |||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Career total: 3 | Career total: 3 | Career total: 3 |
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 0 / 3 | 8–8 | 50% |
| Year-end ranking | 610 | 395 | 175 | 168 | | | | |

## 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)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2022 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jan-Lennard Struff | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2023 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Cem İlkel | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 2023 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Max Purcell | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | Feb 2024 | Pau, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Leandro Riedi | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–0 | Mar 2024 | Lugano, Switzerland (2) | Challenger | Hard (i) | Daniel Masur | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 6–0 | Oct 2024 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Benjamin Bonzi | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |

### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2022 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Viktor Durasovic | Filip Bergevi Petros Tsitsipas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Maxime Cressy | Julian Cash Robert Galloway | 4–6, 7–5, [10–12] |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF Futures/WTT (3–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–3)
* 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 | WTT | Hard (i) | Yuta Shimizu | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Nov 2020 | M15 Pärnu, Estonia | WTT | Hard (i) | Yan Sabanin | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 2021 | M15 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | WTT | Hard (i) | Mats Rosenkranz | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2021 | M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | WTT | Clay | Eric Vanshelboim | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Aug 2021 | M25 Muttenz, Switzerland | WTT | Clay | Jakub Paul | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–4 | Sep 2021 | M25 Jönköping, Sweden | WTT | Hard (i) | Viktor Durasovic | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2022 | M25 Vilnius, Lithuania | WTT | Hard (i) | Denis Yevseyev | 7–5, 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–6 | May 2022 | M25 Kouvola, Finland | WTT | Hard | Ivan Nedelko | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF Futures (1–2)
| 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 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | Yankı Erel | Nicolás Mejía Ondřej Štyler | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |