Challenger - Koblenz 01/19 16:00 28 [345] Pavel Kotov v Roberto Ortega-Olmedo [323] 5-7,6-3,3-6
Challenger - Koblenz 01/18 13:00 27 [293] Carlos Taberner v Pavel Kotov [345] 7-5,5-7,1-6
Challenger - Koblenz 01/17 17:10 26 [243] Thiemo De Bakker v Pavel Kotov [345] 2-6,6-7
Challenger - Koblenz 01/15 11:45 25 [345] Pavel Kotov v Andrea Arnaboldi [178] 6-4,7-5
Challenger - Koblenz 01/14 16:35 24 [281] Laurynas Grigelis v Pavel Kotov [345] 6-7,3-6
ITF - Turquia F41 12/22 07:00 28 Ivan Nedelko v Pavel Kotov 6-3,6-4
ITF - Turquia F41 12/21 10:30 27 [465] Ronald Slobodchikov v Pavel Kotov [397] 7-6,1-6,2-6
ITF - Turquia F41 12/21 07:45 26 Pavel Kotov v Dragos Nicolae Madaras Retired
ITF - Turquia F41 12/20 11:00 25 Pavel Kotov v Luigi Sorrentino 6-3,6-1
ITF - Turquia F41 12/18 08:45 62 Pavel Kotov v Federico Lucini 6-4,6-4
ITF - Turquia F41 12/18 06:00 62 Pavel Kotov v Caspar Schuetze 6-3,6-4
ITF - Turquia F40 12/14 07:00 27 [463] Ronald Slobodchikov v Pavel Kotov [411] 6-7,6-3,6-4
ITF - Turquia F40 12/13 07:00 26 Bart Stevens v Pavel Kotov 4-6,7-5,2-6
ITF - Turquia F40 12/12 07:00 25 Gibril Diarra v Pavel Kotov 1-6,6-4,1-6
ITF - Turquia F39 12/08 11:10 28 [348] Wilson Leite v Pavel Kotov [406] Retired
ITF - Turquia F39 12/08 06:30 27 [430] Alexander Boborykin v Pavel Kotov [406] 6-2,1-6,6-7
ITF - Turquia F39 12/07 08:40 26 Alexander Weis v Pavel Kotov 5-7,3-6
ITF - Turquia F39 12/04 06:30 25 Maciej Rajski v Pavel Kotov 4-6,3-6
Challenger - Eckental 10/27 12:05 45 [358] Pavel Kotov v Patrik Niklas-Salminen [423] Retired
Challenger - Brest 10/20 16:45 45 [357] Pavel Kotov v Geoffrey Blancaneaux [260] 6-4,1-6,0-6
Challenger - Ismaning 10/14 12:00 46 [264] Geoffrey Blancaneaux v Pavel Kotov [357] 6-7,7-5,7-5
Challenger - Ismaning 10/13 12:00 45 Tom Kocevar-Desman v Pavel Kotov 5-7,4-6
Challenger - Tashkent 10/06 07:25 45 [106] N.Sriram Balaji v Pavel Kotov [360] 7-5,6-4
ITF - Rússia F6 08/15 09:40 26 Pavel Kotov v Richard Muzaev 4-6,6-7
ITF - Rússia F6 08/14 07:00 25 Pavel Kotov v Alibek Kachmazov 3-6,6-2,6-3
Challenger - Portoroz 08/08 15:50 26 [361] Pavel Kotov v Aldin Setkic [298] 3-6,1-6
Challenger - Portoroz 08/07 13:00 25 [361] Pavel Kotov v Benjamin Bonzi [294] 6-4,6-3
Challenger - Liberec 08/04 11:00 28 [378] Pavel Kotov v Andrej Martin [213] 0-6,3-6
Challenger - Liberec 08/03 10:00 27 [179] Pedro Martinez v Pavel Kotov [378] 3-6,4-6
Challenger - Liberec 08/02 09:00 26 [298] Benjamin Bonzi v Pavel Kotov [378] 3-6,1-6

Wikipedia - Pavel Kotov (tennis)

Pavel Vyacheslavovich Kotov (Russian: Павел Вячеславович Котов, IPA: [ˈpavʲɪl ˈkotəf]; born 18 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Kotov has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 61 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 226 achieved on 8 November 2021.

History

2020–2021: ATP debut, Maiden Challengers in singles & doubles

He made his ATP debut at the 2020 St. Petersburg Open as a qualifier where he was defeated by Ugo Humbert.

Kotov won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2020 Challenger La Manche and maiden single title at the 2021 Città di Forlì III.

2022: First ATP win, Grand Slam and top 100 debuts

He won his first ATP match at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II as a qualifier defeating ninth seed Tallon Griekspoor.

He won his second singles Challenger title at 2022 Città di Forlì III. He reached the top 150 on 16 May 2022 at World No. 143.

At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut.

He made his debut at the 2022 US Open as a qualifier.

He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open as lucky loser after the late withdrawal of Jannik Sinner. In the first round he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for his first win at this level. As a result he moved to the top 100 in the rankings on 10 October 2022.

2023: Masters debuts, first ATP final, top 70

Kotov made his debut at the 2023 Australian Open as a lucky loser. He also qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai and defeated Alexei Popyrin. He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 Miami Open as a qualifier.

At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Morocco, Kotov reached his first ATP semifinal defeating Pedro Martínez, seventh seed Benjamin Bonzi and Christopher O'Connell. He also made his debut at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open as a lucky loser.

In Stockholm as a qualifier, he defeated seventh seed Christopher Eubanks, Lorenzo Sonego, third seed Tallon Griekspoor and Miomir Kecmanović to reach his first ATP final. In Sofia, he reached a back to back semifinal and third of the season, defeating Márton Fucsovics and moved into the top 70 in the rankings.

2024: Top 65, First Grand Slam win

Ranked No. 64, at the 2024 Australian Open, he defeated Arthur Rinderknech in the first round, for his first Major win.

In Marrakech he reached back-to-back semifinals at the tournament, defeating local wildcard Elliot Benchetrit and Italians Flavio Cobolli and qualifier Fabio Fognini.