H2H, prediction of Pavel Kotov vs Flavio Cobolli at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 17th January 2024

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Flavio Cobolli

Pavel Kotov and Flavio Cobolli will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 5 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.62
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Flavio Cobolli

This will be the 3rd time that Pavel Kotov and Flavio Cobolli play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cobolli won 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in the Forli 2 Challenger back in 2021.

Pavel Kotov

Pavel Kotov
Pavel Kotov

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
57
High
57
WWLWLWWLLW
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. 65, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 7-5 6-1 6-76 6-75 6-3.

In the 1st round, Kotov had a tough win against Rinderknech to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (7-5 6-1 6-76 6-75 6-3). During the match, Kotov scored 190 points vs Rinderknech’s 169. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 92 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kotov fired 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Pavel Kotov was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (92/124) of his 1st serve and 56% (29/52) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kotov broke Rinderknech 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Kotov has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (255-161). 3-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a composed52-35 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Russian has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Kotov
Australian Open
Kotov's Record

Flavio Cobolli

Flavio Cobolli
Flavio Cobolli

4 - 0win/loss

Hard
4-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
56
High
56
WWLWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-13 14-7 6-5 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 56-36 10-6 43-23 3-6 0-1 0-0
2022 35-34 6-4 24-21 5-8 0-1 0-0
2021 46-30 5-4 39-21 2-5 0-0 0-0
2020 4-8 2-2 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 100, Flavio reached the 2nd round after beating Jeremy Jin 6-2 6-2, Benjamin Hassan 6-4 6-3, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-2 and Nicolas Jarry 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5.

In the 1st round, Cobolli had a tough win against Jarry to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5). During the match Cobolli and Jarry scored the same amount of points (137). However, the world no. 65 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Cobolli was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Cobolli fired 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Flavio Cobolli was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (53/73) of his 1st serve and 52% (32/61) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 6 times. Flavio broke Jarry 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Cobolli has a compiled 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

Cobolli
Australian Open
Cobolli's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Kotov
F.Cobolli
4h:42
4h:42
Time on court​
!
8h:11
8h:11
!
4h:42
4h:42
Last match​
!
4h:01
4h:01
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
54
54
Games Played​
101
101
5
5
Set played​​
11
11
190
190
Total points​
340
340
190
190
Avg point​
85
85
92
92
Winners
126
126
92
92
Avg Winners​
31.5
31.5
48%
48%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
29
29
9
9
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
4
4
Double Faults
9
9
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
92/124
92/124
1st won total​
126/168
126/168
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
29/52
29/52
2nd won total​
74/123
74/123
56%
56%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
6/16
6/16
BP won
16/39
16/39
6/16
6/16
Avg BP won
4/9.8
4/9.8
38%
38%
Won
41%
41%
10
10
Conceded
14
14
10
10
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
1
1
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
9
9
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kotov Cobolli
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 5 11
Tot Games 54 101
Pts 190-169 340-283
Total Points 359 623
Winners 92 126
%Winners 48% 37%

Kotov played 1 match while Cobolli competed in 4 matches. Cobolli started his run from the qualifications while Kotov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Pavel Kotov surrendered 2 sets, while Flavio Cobolli surrendered 2 sets. Kotov has played 6 set(s) less than Cobolli (5 vs 11). Therefore, Kotov played 47 games less than Cobolli. Kotov scored 92 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 126 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kotov Cobolli
Aces 9 29
Avg per match 9 7.3
1st in 124/176 168/291
%1st in 70% 58%
1st pts 92/124 126/168
%1st pts 74% 75%
2nd pts 29/52 74/123
%2nd pts 56% 60%

Kotov scored 9 aces . Cobolli scored 29 aces (7.3 per match). Kotov won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kotov Cobolli
Won 6 16
Converted 6/16 16/39
% Converted 38% 41%
Conceded 10 14
Saved 9 8
% Saved 90% 57%
Times Broken 1 6

Kotov broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Flavio broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Kotov
R1
Rinderknech
Total
Score 7-5 6-1 6-76 6-75 6-3
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 54 54
pts 190-169 190-169
Total points 359 359
Winners 92 92
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 124/176 124/176
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 92/124 92/124
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 29/52 29/52
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/16 6/16
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 9/10 9
Saved % 90% 90%
Times Broken 1 1
Cobolli
Q1
Jin
Q2
Hassan
Q3
Rodriguez
R1
Jarry
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 5 11
Tot Games 16 19 18 48 101
pts 62-39 71-53 70-54 137-137 340-283
Total points 101 124 124 274 623
Winners 20 26 27 53 126
%Winners 32% 37% 39% 39% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 11 14 29
Double Faults 2 1 2 4 9
1st in 26/50 37/55 32/52 73/134 168/291
% 1st in 52% 67% 62% 54% 58%
1st pts 20/26 26/37 27/32 53/73 126/168
% 1st pts 77% 70% 84% 73% 75%
2nd pts 16/24 15/18 11/20 32/61 74/123
% 2nd pts 67% 83% 55% 52% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 3 3 6 16
Converted 4/6 3/11 3/7 6/15 16/39
Converted % 67% 27% 43% 40% 41%
Conceded 2 1 2 9 14
Saved 2/2 1/1 2/2 3/9 8
Saved % 100% 100% 100% 33% 333%
Times Broken 0 0 0 6 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kotov
WWLWLWWLLW
Cobolli
WWLWLWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
12 - 10
22 - 13
4-6
Hard
14-7
0-0
I Hard
2-1
8-4
Clay
6-5

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