Pavel Kotov and Flavio Cobolli will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 3^rd 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.

As 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 3^rd 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 2^nd round in the Forli 2 Challenger back in 2021.

Pavel Kotov

Pavel Kotov

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85

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
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
2020	12-10	0-0	0-1	12-8	0-0	0-1

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Ranked no. 65, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 7-5 6-1 6-7⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

Australian Open

Kotov's Record

Flavio Cobolli

Flavio Cobolli

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Hard

4-0

I Hard

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Rank
32

High
30

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	43-29	26-13	10-9	4-3	3-4	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

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Ranked no. 100, Flavio reached the 2^nd 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 1^st 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.

Australian Open

Cobolli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

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

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

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.

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Pavel
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Flavio
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85

High

50

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High

30

Win Loss

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20 - 25

42 - 28

9-11

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26-13

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3-2

11-9

Clay

10-9

0-1

Grass

3-4

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-3 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-7³ 6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 3-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-6⁰ 4-6 7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-6 7-6³ 4-6 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (5-7 6-3 7-6⁵ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-4 2-6 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Zizou BergsBergs (5-7 6-1 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-7² 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-3 6-2 6-7² 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-7² 7-6⁷ 1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Patrick KypsonKypson (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Milos RaonicRaonic (6-7⁶ 6-3 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Terence AtmaneAtmane (5-7 6-2 6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-5 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (3-6 7-6³ 6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 7-5 6-7⁵ 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-6³ 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Omar JasikaJasika (7-6⁴ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Lloyd HarrisHarris (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 6-1 6-7⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁵ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Dane SweenySweeny (3-6 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (4-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-6 6-3 7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pedro CachinCachin (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Marin CilicCilic (6-1 2-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Cristian GarinGarin (3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Jeff WolfWolf (3-6 6-2 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-6⁷ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-7(3) 6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-3 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-6(0) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Max PurcellPurcell – Mate ValkuszValkusz (3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard GasquetGasquet – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction

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