Richard Gasquet and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.59
Pavel Kotov -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Richard Gasquet and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Richard Gasquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-7 | 11-12 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Henri Laaksonen 7-5 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gasquet defeated Laaksonen (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match, Gasquet scored 105 points vs Laaksonen’s 101. Gasquet was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gasquet managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Richard Gasquet lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gasquet put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (43/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Gasquet broke Laaksonen 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Gasquet has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (288-171). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gasquet has an overall 67-38 match record in the last years on clay.
Richard has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 6-8 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 172, Kotov reached the 2nd round after defeating Rafael Matos 6-4 6-1, Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 and Tallon Griekspoor 0-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Griekspoor, Pavel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Kotov and Griekspoor scored the same amount of points (77). However, the world no. 86 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Pavel was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Kotov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Griekspoor 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Kotov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Forli 3 Challenger.
Pavel has an aggregate 12-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 60 |
| Pts | 105-101 | 217-185 |
| Total Points | 206 | 402 |
| Winners | 43 | 91 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Gasquet played 1 match while Kotov competed in 3 matches. Kotov started his run from the qualifications while Gasquet had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Richard Gasquet dropped 1 set, while Pavel Kotov surrendered 1 set. Gasquet has played 4 set(s) less than Kotov (3 vs 7). Therefore, Gasquet played 28 games less than Kotov. Richard scored 43 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kotov blasted 91 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 60/106 | 134/211 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 43/60 | 91/134 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 21/46 | 37/77 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 48% |
Gasquet managed to score 7 aces . Kotov fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Gasquet won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 42% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 43% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Gasquet broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Richard surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Pavel broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | |||
| R1 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-101 | 105-101 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/106 | 60/106 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/46 | 21/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kotov | |||||
| Q1 Matos |
Q3 Verdasco |
R1 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | 0-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 22 | 60 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 74-64 | 77-77 | 217-185 | |
| Total points | 110 | 138 | 154 | 402 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 27 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 51/82 | 44/76 | 134/211 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 62% | 58% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 34/51 | 27/44 | 91/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 67% | 61% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 15/31 | 15/32 | 37/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 47% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/5 | 5/13 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 80% | 38% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/8 | 0/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 0% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
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