Brandon Nakashima and Pavel Kotov will square off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 12. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 4 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.29
Pavel Kotov -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-30 | 19-14 | 6-8 | 2-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, the American will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 7-5 7-5 to Karatsev in the 1st round on the 15th of August.
The American has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2022, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Nakashima has an overall 128-77 record. He has a positive 67-40 record on hard.
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.
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. 113 (career-high), Kotov reached the 1st round after defeating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 7-5 6-3, Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-4 and Fernando Verdasco 6-1 7-63.
In the qualifications, Pavel had a good straight sets win against Verdasco (6-1 7-63). During the match Kotov scored 67 points vs Verdasco’s 49. Pavel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov recorded 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pavel Kotov lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 62% (23/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Verdasco 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pavel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Forli 3 Challenger and the San Marino Challenger.
The Russian has a composed 32-14 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores – U.S. Open
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Paul JubbJubb (7-63 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-74 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Andreas SeppiSeppi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-67 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (3-6 7-64 7-68) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John IsnerIsner – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Pedro CachinCachin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao SousaSousa – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (5-3) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Maxime CressyCressy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-8) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Jack SockSock (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Hugo GastonGaston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Denis KudlaKudla (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Benoit PairePaire (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Federico CoriaCoria (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction