Lorenzo Sonego and Pavel Kotov will square off in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.72
Pavel Kotov -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Pavel Kotov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kotov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kotov won 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Stockholm back in 2023.
Lorenzo Sonego
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-29 | 11-14 | 1-5 | 8-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-33 | 10-14 | 10-11 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-31 | 10-12 | 9-7 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-29 | 7-9 | 8-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 9-11 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48, Sonego will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Dimitrov in the 1st round on the 14th of February.
The Italian has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 337-252 record. He has a negative 66-68 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020, 2021 and 2023. See his history.
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. 65, Kotov will start his run in Doha after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2 to Cobolli in the 2nd round on the 17th of January.
Pavel has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kotov has an overall 255-162 record. He has a positive 52-36 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history
.Tennis Scores in Doha
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction