Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a
Finnish
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tennis player
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.
Virtanen has a career high
ATP singles ranking of 176 achieved on 21 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 270 achieved on 31 October 2022.
Virtanen won the
Boys' Doubles title in the Wimbledon Championships in 2018. In December 2018 Virtanen won singles tournament in
Orange Bowl
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.
He won his first Challenger title at the
2022 Trofeo Faip–Perrel and reached the top 200 on 7 November 2022 at world No. 195.
Personal life
Virtanen appeared in two videos on the Finland-based
YouTube
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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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 9 (4–5)
Doubles: 4 (2–2)
References
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2001 births
Living people
Finnish male tennis players
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
People from Hyvinkää
Sportspeople from Uusimaa
21st-century Finnish people
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