Pavel Kotov and Oleksii Krutykh will face off in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oleksii Krutykh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oleksii Krutykh is the pick to win this match.
Oleksii Krutykh -> 1.75
Pavel Kotov -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Oleksii Krutykh
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Oleksii Krutykh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-24 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-3 | 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. 126, the Russian reached the qualifications after beating Yuki Bhambri 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Bhambri, Kotov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Kotov scored 105 points vs Bhambri’s 89. Pavel was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kotov bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 77% of his first serves in, winning 75% (42/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bhambri 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Kotov has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (210-132). 3-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kotov has a composed39-24 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Russian has a composed 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-34 | 3-5 | 24-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169 (career-high), Oleksii reached the qualifications after beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Oleksii had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (6-2 6-4). During the match Krutykh scored 68 points vs Arnaldi’s 53. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Krutykh struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Oleksii Krutykh was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Oleksii broke Arnaldi 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Oleksii has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Oleksii has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 |
| Pts | 105-89 | 68-53 |
| Total Points | 194 | 121 |
| Winners | 42 | 26 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Kotov and Krutykh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Pavel Kotov lost 1 set while Oleksii Krutykh hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kotov has played 1 set more than Krutykh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kotov played 13 games more than Krutykh. Pavel scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Oleksii recorded 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 33/56 |
| %1st in | 77% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 26/33 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 61% |
Kotov bagged 2 aces . Krutykh made 2 aces . Kotov won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 79% 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 | Kotov | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 54% | 75% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 29% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Kotov broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Ukrainian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kotov | |||
| Q1 Bhambri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-89 | 105-89 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 56/73 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Krutykh | |||
| Q1 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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