Pavel Kotov and Alexandre Muller will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Open Parc for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.63
Pavel Kotov -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Alexandre Muller fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Muller won 7-6(3) 7-5 in the semifinal in Marrakech back in 2023.
Highlights Alexandre Muller vs Pavel Kotov – Marrakech 08-April-2023
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-6 | 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. 57 (career-high), the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Cachin 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kotov scored 57 points vs Cachin’s 34. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kotov managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Cachin 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Kotov has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (263-170). 7-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kotov has an overall117-75 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Kotov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.
Pavel has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
17 - 15win/loss
103
71
LLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, Alexandre reached the 2nd round after beating Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Muller had a good straight sets win against Gasquet (6-4 6-4). During the match Muller scored 72 points vs Gasquet’s 64. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Muller fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexandre Muller lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Gasquet 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Muller has a compiled 17-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 57-34 | 72-64 |
| Total Points | 91 | 136 |
| Winners | 22 | 27 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Kotov and Muller played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kotov and Muller have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kotov played 3 games less than Muller. The Russian scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Muller blasted 27 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 39/65 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 27/39 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 54% |
Kotov struck 6 aces . Muller bagged 3 aces . Kotov won 92% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 33% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Muller broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Cachin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 57-34 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Muller | |||
| R1 Gasquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-64 | 72-64 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 39/65 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Lyon
- Pavel KotovKotov – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (1-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Tristan Lamasine/Tom ParisLamasine/Tom Paris (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 6-7(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 4-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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