Elias Ymer and Pavel Kotov will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Court 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.82
Elias Ymer -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 3rd time that Elias Ymer and Pavel Kotov face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ymer and Kotov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kotov won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the quarter in the Bordeaux Challenger back in 2022.
Elias Ymer
17 - 19win/loss
192
105
LLWLLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-24 | 12-16 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-32 | 12-8 | 16-20 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-32 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, Ymer will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 5-5 ret. to Hsiou in the 1st round on the 1st of September.
Ymer has a composed 17-19 win-loss record in 2026, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Swede has an overall 453-384 record. He has a negative 101-117 record on hard.
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-13 | 17-5 | 2-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 11-22 | 9-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-25 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250, Pavel will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Bonn Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Elahi Galan Riveros in the 1st round on the 28th of July.
Kotov has a compiled 21-10 win-loss record in 2026, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Tom Gentzsch in the final 6-4 1-6 7-6(8) and the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Filippo Romano in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Wuning 1 Challenger where he overcame Harry Wendelken in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In terms of his career, The Russian has an overall 304-217 record. He has a positive 73-61 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Pavel KotovKotov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sergey FominFomin – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – Fajing SunSun (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Semen PankinPankin – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Linang XiaoXiao – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
