DOHA DRAW. Pavel Kotov’s prediction with Sonego next. H2H and rankings

Doha draw - Pavel Kotov. See the draw preview and prediction with Lorenzo Sonego, Ugo Humbert, Lorenzo Musetti, Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.

Pavel Kotov Stats info

Pavel Kotov is about to start his campaign in the draw in Doha. In the previous edition of this tournament, he managed to beat Yuki Bhambri 4-6 6-3 7-5.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Pavel Kotov’s projected draw includinghislikely opposition in Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Pavel has a negative record (2-3) against the likely opponents.

R1 – Lorenzo Sonego (48) – H2H 1-0
R2 – Ugo Humbert (18) – H2H 0-1
1/4 – Lorenzo Musetti (26) – H2H 1-1
or Zhizhen Zhang (47) – H2H 0-1
1/2 – Andrey Rublev (5) – H2H 0-1
or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (24) – H2H 2-0
Fin – Karen Khachanov (17) – H2H 0-0
or Alexander Bublik (23) – H2H 0-1
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R1 – Lorenzo Sonego’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Pavel Kotov

27 - 33win/loss in 2025

Rank
53
High
21
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 13-15 0-5 7-7 6-3 0-0 0-0
2019 44-29 12-9 26-13 1-4 5-3 0-0
2018 35-30 9-7 16-11 7-7 2-3 1-2
2017 45-20 7-3 27-13 6-1 0-0 5-3

Lorenzo Sonego has a 2-5 record in 2024, 2-4 on hard. Regarding the last 11 years, the Italian has a 66-68 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open Sonego capitulated to Andy Murray in the 1st round 4-6 6-1 7-6(4).

H2H Pavel Kotov vs. Lorenzo Sonego

This would be the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Lorenzo Sonego face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kotov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard in major tournaments.

R2 – Ugo Humbert’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Ugo Humbert

39 - 24win/loss in 2025

Rank
14
High
13
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-24 18-9 5-7 11-4 5-4 0-0
2023 49-26 17-11 13-5 16-6 3-4 0-0
2022 33-29 16-11 3-7 11-6 3-5 0-0
2021 19-20 6-7 1-6 4-5 8-2 0-0
2020 25-14 11-7 4-3 10-4 0-0 0-0
2019 45-30 14-8 2-6 21-10 8-6 0-0
2018 69-25 29-9 8-3 18-11 0-0 14-2
2017 41-30 20-8 11-11 5-8 0-0 5-3

Ugo Humbert has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard. Talking about the previous 10 years, Humbert has a 126-67 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The French player won 7 of his last 10 matches.

His most significant result of the current year was conquering the tournament in Marseille where he overcame Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-4 6-3.

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open Ugo didn’t compete in this event.

H2H Pavel Kotov vs. Ugo Humbert

This match would represent the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Ugo Humbert play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard in major tournaments.

1/4 – Lorenzo Musetti’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 1-1

46 - 30win/loss in 2025

Rank
17
High
6
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-30 13-12 18-10 3-5 12-3 0-0
2023 32-29 10-10 16-11 0-5 6-3 0-0
2022 44-30 11-10 21-7 12-10 0-3 0-0
2021 36-31 9-8 17-12 10-10 0-1 0-0
2020 30-15 6-4 20-6 4-5 0-0 0-0
2019 32-25 1-2 27-19 4-4 0-0 0-0
2018 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Lorenzo Musetti has a 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard. In connection to the last 7 years, Musetti has a 40-37 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open the Italian didn’t compete in this tournament.

H2H Pavel Kotov vs. Lorenzo Musetti

This contest would be 3rd time that Pavel Kotov and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Kotov on hard in major tournaments.

Nevertheless, Pavel Kotov may take on Zhizhen Zhang. Their H2H is 1-0 for Zhizhen Zhang.

1/2 – Andrey Rublev’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Andrey Rublev

43 - 26win/loss in 2025

Rank
8
High
5
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-26 26-11 11-6 6-7 0-2 0-0
2023 56-26 23-12 19-5 6-7 8-2 0-0
2022 51-20 19-7 14-6 18-6 0-1 0-0
2021 53-23 25-10 9-5 12-6 7-2 0-0
2020 41-10 17-4 10-2 14-4 0-0 0-0
2019 54-27 28-14 8-5 16-5 2-3 0-0
2018 21-24 10-12 2-3 9-9 0-0 0-0
2017 48-33 19-11 11-11 12-9 6-2 0-0

Andrey Rublev has a 10-2 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on hard. In the last 12 years, the Russian has a 173-87 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Andrey won 8 of his last 10 matches.

His best result of the year was winning the competition in Hong Kong where he overcame Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4.

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open the Russian surrendered to Jiri Lehecka in the quarter 4-6 6-4 6-3.

H2H Pavel Kotov vs. Andrey Rublev

This contest would be 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard in major tournaments.

However, Pavel Kotov could play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Their H2H record is 2-0 for Pavel Kotov.

Final – Karen Khachanov’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

37 - 22win/loss in 2025

Rank
19
High
8
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-22 14-12 8-4 14-3 1-3 0-0
2023 34-18 18-10 10-5 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 36-25 17-11 9-7 6-5 4-2 0-0
2021 35-24 17-9 5-6 8-6 5-3 0-0
2020 20-15 12-6 4-3 4-6 0-0 0-0
2019 30-29 13-11 7-6 6-9 4-3 0-0
2018 46-22 15-11 6-5 20-4 5-2 0-0
2017 28-32 8-13 14-9 1-8 5-2 0-0

Karen Khachanov has a 5-3 record in 2024, 3-2 on hard. In the previous 13 years, Khachanov has a 153-95 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Karen’s best achievement of the year was reaching the semifinal Marseille.

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open the Russian didn’t play in this event.

H2H Pavel Kotov vs. Karen Khachanov

There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Karen Khachanov since this would be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Anyhow, Pavel Kotov could face Alexander Bublik. Their head to head is 1-0 for Alexander Bublik.