Otto Virtanen and Pavel Kotov will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.68
Pavel Kotov -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 3rd time that Otto Virtanen and Pavel Kotov play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Virtanen and Kotov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Kotov won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Stockholm back in 2023.
Otto Virtanen
15 - 18win/loss
126
91
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-23 | 4-9 | 5-9 | 12-5 | 6-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 24-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 123, the Finn will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Stewart in the 1st round on the 27th of August.
The Finn has an overall 15-18 win-loss record in 2025, 3-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Birmingham Challenger where he defeated Colton Smith in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Finn has an overall 220-154 record. He has a negative 24-32 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Pavel Kotov
7 - 17win/loss
454
50
| 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. 294, Pavel will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-6(5) 6-1
to Jarry in the qualifications on the 23rd of June.Pavel has a compiled 7-17 win-loss record in 2025, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kotov has an overall 279-202 record. He has a positive 63-54 record on hard.
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- Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker – Kaya ArincArinc (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Koray KirciKirci – Luca PotenzaPotenza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Alastair GrayGray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Peter MakkMakk – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction