Pavel Kotov and Alexandar Lazarov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.21
Alexandar Lazarov -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Alexandar Lazarov
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Alexandar Lazarov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 4-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 80 (career-high), Pavel will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in Stockholm where he lost 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3 to Monfils in the final on the 22nd of October.
Kotov has an overall 42-31 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and Stockholm.
Talking about his overall career, Kotov has an overall 249-159 record. He has a positive 84-44 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandar Lazarov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-9 | 3-2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-20 | 19-2 | 24-12 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-22 | 11-5 | 34-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 6-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 709, Alexandar will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Mauthausen Challenger where he lost 1-6 2-3 ret. to Kopp in the 1st round on the 9th of May.
The Bulgarian has an overall 4-8 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Bulgarian has an overall 233-138 record. He has a negative 10-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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L Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Andrey Golubev/Denys MolchanovGolubev/Denys Molchanov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-66 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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