Pavel Kotov and Tianhui Zhang will square off in the 1st round of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on COVERED COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.142
Tianhui Zhang -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Tianhui Zhang
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Tianhui Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
10 - 21win/loss
463
50
LWLWWWLLLL | 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. 485, the Russian will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Mcdonald in the 2nd round on the 9th of October.
Kotov has an overall 10-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 282-206 record. He has a positive 66-58 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Pavel has never competed in this tournament before.
Tianhui Zhang
24 - 17win/loss
702
549
LLWLLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-20 | 16-13 | 2-2 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 553, Zhang will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in the Jingshan Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Tomic in the 1st round on the 23rd of September.
Zhang has an aggregate 24-17 win-loss record in 2025, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tianhui’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Maanshan and M25 Yinchuan.
In terms of his career, Zhang has an overall 37-32 record. He has a positive 28-25 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
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