Pablo Cuevas and Pavel Kotov will square off in the 2nd round of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL CEPAC. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Cuevas who should win in 3 sets.
Pablo Cuevas -> 1.56
Pavel Kotov -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Pablo Cuevas and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pablo Cuevas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 1-2 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 5-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-17 | 1-7 | 10-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Pablo got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexei Popyrin 6-2 3-6 7-5
.In the 1st round, Cuevas defeated Popyrin (6-2 3-6 7-5). During the match, Cuevas scored 102 points vs Popyrin’s 91. The Uruguayan was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cuevas bagged 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Pablo Cuevas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cuevas put 60% of his first serves in, winning 79% (46/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (11/38) on the 2nd serve. The Uruguayan broke Popyrin 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Cuevas has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (262-185). 8-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cuevas has a compiled 205-101 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Uruguayan’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger.
Cuevas has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Kotov got to the 2nd round after beating Constant Lestienne 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Lestienne, Kotov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Kotov scored 88 points vs Lestienne’s 82. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov scored 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 60% (34/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Lestienne 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Forli 3 Challenger.
The Russian has a compiled 14-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 |
| Pts | 102-91 | 88-82 |
| Total Points | 193 | 170 |
| Winners | 46 | 34 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Cuevas and Kotov played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Pablo Cuevas dropped 1 set, while Pavel Kotov surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cuevas and Kotov have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Cuevas played 3 games more than Kotov. Pablo scored 46 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Pavel made 34 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 57/90 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 34/57 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 11/38 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 29% | 61% |
Cuevas managed to score 3 aces . Kotov recorded 2 aces . Cuevas won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 29% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 60% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Cuevas broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cuevas lost his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kotov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Popyrin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 102-91 | 102-91 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 58/96 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 46/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/38 | 11/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Lestienne | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-82 | 88-82 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 57/90 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Quentin HalysHalys – Calvin HemeryHemery (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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