LIVE RANKINGS. Watanuki improves his position just before taking on Kotov in Shanghai

See the the live rankings of Yosuke Watanuki before fighting against Pavel Kotov in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

Wednesday Live Ranking Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki is about to play against Pavel Kotov on Thursday the 3rd of October in Shanghai. Here is an update about his live rankings.

Yosuke Watanuki is now ranked no.337 with 149 points as the Japanese no.11.

On the other part of the net, Pavel Kotov is presently ranked no.63 with 832 points positioned as Russian no.4.

Live Rankings

Watanuki is 37 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.300. His career-best rank was no.72.

Depending on the other results, Yosuke Watanuki may gain 28 places to be the new world no.272 if he wins the next match.

In his live rankings, out of 179 points, Yousuke has gained 163 points (91%) on Hard Court and 16 points (9%) on Indoor.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Watanuki is still ranked no.450 occupying the position of Japanese no.14.

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H2H Yosuke Watanuki vs. Pavel Kotov

Watanuki and Kotov played each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki.

The last time that they played each other it was Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) when Watanuki won 6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(3). The prediction is Watanuki to win in 2 sets.

Highlights Yosuke Watanuki vs Pavel Kotov – Madrid 25-April-2023

Yosuke Watanuki in 2024

Yosuke Watanuki

20 - 21win/loss

Hard
9-11
Clay
11-9
Grass
0-1
25 year old
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2024 Highlights

Currently ranked no.63, Kotov played his last match on the 28th of September when he lost to world no.32 Flavio Cobolli 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Beijing (draw).

During this season Pavel owns an overall 20-20 match record. Yosuke Watanuki’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.

Kotov
Beijing
Kotov's Record

Watanuki in Shanghai, ranking, and results in 2024

Pavel Kotov

5 - 7win/loss

Hard
5-6
Clay
0-1
26 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked no.337, the Japanese has achieved a composed 4-7 match record in 2024. Watanuki is participating in Shanghai where he overcame Otto Virtanen 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0 and Seongchan Hong 6-2 7-5.

Yousuke Watanuki will square off with the world no.63 Pavel Kotov in the 1st round on Thursday at 5:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki.

Watanuki
Shanghai
Watanuki's Record
Watanuki
Projected
Draw