Pavel Kotov and Henri Laaksonen will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 11. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.33
Henri Laaksonen -> 3.125

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Henri Laaksonen

This will be the 3^rd time that Pavel Kotov and Henri Laaksonen face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kotov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kotov won 7-6(7) 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.

Pavel Kotov

Ranked no. 105, Pavel got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hugo Dellien 7-6⁷ 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Pavel had a good straight sets win against Dellien (7-6⁷ 6-2). During the match, Kotov scored 83 points vs Dellien’s 72. Kotov was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kotov bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Dellien 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Kotov has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (234-150). 14-9 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kotov has a compiled104-68 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech and the Troisdorf Challenger.

Kotov has an aggregate 27-22 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.

Henri Laaksonen

Ranked no. 254, the Swiss got to the 2^nd round after beating Marko Topo 4-6 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Topo, Laaksonen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Laaksonen scored 82 points vs Topo’s 74. Laaksonen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Laaksonen managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Henri Laaksonen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Henri broke Topo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Henri has a composed 6-12 win-loss record in 2023, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kotov	Laaksonen
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	28
Pts	83-72	82-74
Total Points	155	156
Winners	35	31
%Winners	42%	38%

Both Kotov and Laaksonen played 1 match. At the moment, Henri Laaksonen surrendered 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t lost a set so far. Kotov has played 1 set(s) less than Laaksonen (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kotov played 7 games less than Laaksonen. Pavel scored 35 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Henri recorded 31 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kotov	Laaksonen
Aces	2	9
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	47/76	37/72
%1st in	62%	51%
1st pts	35/47	31/37
%1st pts	74%	84%
2nd pts	11/29	20/35
%2nd pts	38%	57%

Kotov bagged 2 aces . Laaksonen scored 9 aces . Kotov won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Laaksonen won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kotov	Laaksonen
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/11
% Converted	29%	36%
Conceded	6	4
Saved	4	2
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Kotov broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Henri broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Laaksonen conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kotov
	R1 Dellien	Total
Score	7-67 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	83-72	83-72
Total points	155	155
Winners	35	35
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	47/76	47/76
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	35/47	35/47
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	11/29	11/29
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Laaksonen
	R1 Topo	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	82-74	82-74
Total points	156	156
Winners	31	31
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/72	37/72
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	31/37	31/37
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	20/35	20/35
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger

• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Federico CoriaCoria (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Alex MolcanMolcan (2-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Maximilian MartererMarterer (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-6 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Ivan GakhovGakhov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Karl FribergFriberg (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Hugo DellienDellien (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Jelle SelsSels (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Marko TopoTopo (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jozef KovalikKovalik (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction