Sebastian Baez and Pavel Kotov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.58
Sebastian Baez -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-27 | 3-9 | 17-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, the Argentine will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Fritz in the 1st round on the 30th of October.
Sebastian has an overall 33-26 win-loss record in 2023, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Cordoba where he overcame Federico Coria in the final 6-1 3-6 6-3 and in Kitzbuhel where he overcame Dominic Thiem in the final 6-3 6-1 and in Salem where he defeated Jiri Lehecka in the final 6-4 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Sebastian has an overall 220-120 record. He has a negative 3-13 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 80 (career-high), Kotov reached the 2nd round after beating Alexandar Lazarov 3-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Lazarov, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Kotov scored 85 points vs Lazarov’s 76. Pavel was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov made 3 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 75% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Lazarov 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Pavel’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and Stockholm.
The Russian has a compiled 43-31 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-69 6-72 7-65) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-73 6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-64 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey Golubev/Denys MolchanovGolubev/Denys Molchanov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-66 2-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-5) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jurij RodionovRodionov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Max PurcellPurcell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction