Yi Zhou and Pavel Kotov will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on SHOW 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.615
Yi Zhou -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Yi Zhou vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 2nd time that Yi Zhou and Pavel Kotov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kotov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kotov won 1-6 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2024.
Highlights Pavel Kotov vs Yi Zhou – Beijing 26-September-2024
Yi Zhou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-20 | 13-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 25-27 | 25-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-25 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220 (career-high), Zhou will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Wuning 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Pearson in the 2nd round on the 9th of April.
Yi has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2026, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Phan Thiet 2 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Yi has an overall 74-78 record. He has a positive 73-71 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-13 | 14-5 | 2-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 262, will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he won the title in the Wuning 1 Challenger after beating 4-6 6-3 6-4 Wendelken in the final.
The Russian has an aggregate 18-3 win-loss record in 2026, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he defeated Tom Gentzsch in the final 6-4 1-6 7-6(8) and the Cherbourg Challenger where he beat Filippo Romano in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Wuning 1 Challenger where he defeated Harry Wendelken in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Pavel won his last 10 matches.
In terms of his career, Kotov has an overall 301-210 record. He has a positive 72-59 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
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