Pavel Kotov and Zachary Svajda will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Winston-Salem for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.83
Zachary Svajda -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Zachary Svajda

There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Zachary Svajda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Pavel Kotov

Ranked no. 63, the Russian got to the 3^rd round after defeating Alexandre Muller 6-4 5-7 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian defeated Muller (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, Kotov scored 101 points vs Muller’s 88. Pavel was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kotov struck 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 55% of his first serves in, winning 84% (43/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Muller 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Kotov has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (268-176). 5-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has an overall54-40 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Marrakech.

The Russian has an overall 16-16 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 107 (career-high), the American got to the 3^rd round after beating Martin Borisiouk 6-1 6-1, Laslo Djere 6-4 6-1 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Zachary had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-4 6-4). During the match Svajda scored 75 points vs Cerundolo’s 61. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Svajda fired 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Zachary Svajda was very efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Svajda broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Zachary’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Svajda has an aggregate 31-27 win-loss record in 2024, 23-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kotov	Svajda
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	30	51
Pts	101-88	191-133
Total Points	189	324
Winners	43	81
%Winners	43%	42%

Kotov played 1 match while Svajda competed in 3 matches. Svajda started his run from the qualifications while Kotov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pavel Kotov dropped 1 set while Zachary Svajda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kotov has played 3 set(s) less than Svajda (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kotov played 21 games less than Svajda. Kotov scored 43 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 81 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kotov	Svajda
Aces	12	8
Avg per match	12	2.7
1st in	51/92	111/169
%1st in	55%	66%
1st pts	43/51	81/111
%1st pts	84%	73%
2nd pts	16/41	36/58
%2nd pts	39%	62%

Kotov struck 12 aces . Svajda managed to score 8 aces (2.7 per match). Kotov won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kotov	Svajda
Won	5	12
Converted	5/13	12/19
% Converted	38%	63%
Conceded	11	13
Saved	8	11
% Saved	73%	85%
Times Broken	3	2

Kotov broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kotov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Kotov
	R2 Muller	Total
Score	6-4 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	101-88	101-88
Total points	189	189
Winners	43	43
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	51/92	51/92
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	43/51	43/51
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	16/41	16/41
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

Svajda
	Q1 Borisiouk	Q3 Kumar	R1 Djere	R2 Cerundolo	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	14	18	17	20	69
pts	56-32	–	60-40	75-61	191-133
Total points	88	0	100	136	324
Winners	21		26	34	81
%Winners	38%	0%	43%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	3	2	8
Double Faults	3		0	0	3
1st in	27/43	/	38/57	46/69	111/169
% 1st in	63%	0%	67%	67%	66%
1st pts	21/27	/	26/38	34/46	81/111
% 1st pts	78%	0%	68%	74%	73%
2nd pts	9/16	/	13/19	14/23	36/58
% 2nd pts	56%	0%	68%	61%	62%
Breaks
Won	5		4	3	12
Converted	5/7	/	4/4	3/8	12/19
Converted %	71%	0%	100%	38%	63%
Conceded	2		3	8	13
Saved	2/2	0/	2/3	7/8	11
Saved %	100%	–	67%	88%	255%
Times Broken	0		1	1	2

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