| ATP Mallorca | 06/27 16:40 | 26 | [116] Pavel Kotov v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [34] | 2-6,6-3,6-4 | |
| ATP Mallorca | 06/26 10:00 | 25 | [116] Pavel Kotov v Li Tu [247] | 7-6,6-3 | |
| ATP Mallorca | 06/25 10:00 | 19 | [113] Pavel Kotov v Li Tu [243] | 6-7,2-6 | |
| ATP Mallorca | 06/24 09:00 | 14 | [113] Pavel Kotov v Fernando Verdasco [338] | 6-1,7-6 | |
| ATP Halle | 06/17 11:25 | 45 | [57] Marcos Giron v Pavel Kotov [112] | 6-4,6-4 | |
| ATP Hertogenbosch | 06/10 14:00 | 14 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Edan Leshem [348] | 2-6,4-6 | |
| Challenger Heilbronn | 06/09 12:45 | 27 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Pedro Martinez [135] | 4-6,6-4,6-7 | |
| Challenger Heilbronn | 06/08 14:05 | 26 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Dan Added [257] | 6-2,6-2 | |
| Challenger Heilbronn | 06/06 10:00 | 25 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Andrea Pellegrino [183] | 7-6,6-2 | |
| Challenger Troisdorf | 06/03 15:15 | 28 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Ivan Gakhov [175] | 7-6,1-6,1-6 | |
| Challenger Troisdorf | 06/02 16:10 | 27 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Robert Strombachs [411] | 2-6,6-3,6-4 | |
| Challenger Troisdorf | 06/01 10:45 | 26 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Terence Atmane [252] | 6-2,6-2 | |
| Challenger Troisdorf | 05/30 10:25 | 25 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Joris De Loore [189] | 3-6,7-6,6-1 | |
| French Open | 05/23 11:45 | 14 | [121] Pavel Kotov v Michael Geerts [250] | 6-3,4-6,6-7 | |
| ATP Madrid | 04/26 15:10 | 23 | [101] Pavel Kotov v Oscar Otte [98] | 3-6,6-4,4-6 | |
| ATP Madrid | 04/25 13:10 | 19 | [101] Pavel Kotov v Yosuke Watanuki [117] | 7-6,3-6,6-7 | |
| ATP Madrid | 04/24 14:25 | 14 | [101] Pavel Kotov v Kimmer Coppejans [178] | 6-4,3-6,7-6 | |
| ATP Barcelona | 04/19 12:05 | 25 | [13] Cameron Norrie v Pavel Kotov [108] | 6-1,6-2 | |
| ATP Barcelona | 04/17 13:45 | 24 | [108] Pavel Kotov v Oleksii Krutykh [180] | 6-7,6-4,6-1 | |
| ATP Barcelona | 04/16 12:55 | 19 | [103] Pavel Kotov v Benoit Paire [163] | 6-2,2-6,6-3 | |
| ATP Barcelona | 04/15 10:55 | 14 | [103] Pavel Kotov v Matteo Gigante [196] | 3-6,7-6,6-4 | |
| ATP Marrákéš | 04/08 14:55 | 28 | [126] Alexandre Muller v Pavel Kotov [114] | 7-6,7-5 | |
| ATP Marrákéš | 04/07 17:15 | 27 | [87] Christopher O'Connell v Pavel Kotov [114] | 3-6,7-6,6-7 | |
| ATP Marrákéš | 04/06 16:10 | 26 | [114] Pavel Kotov v Benjamin Bonzi [50] | 6-0,7-6 | |
| ATP Marrákéš | 04/04 10:30 | 25 | [114] Pavel Kotov v Pedro Martinez [125] | 6-2,1-6,7-6 | |
| Challenger Sanremo | 03/28 14:00 | 25 | [202] Andrea Vavassori v Pavel Kotov [117] | Retired | |
| ATP Miami | 03/23 23:00 | 23 | [117] Pavel Kotov v Tomas Martin Etcheverry [73] | 2-6,2-6 | |
| ATP Miami | 03/21 16:25 | 19 | [110] Radu Albot v Pavel Kotov [117] | 2-6,3-6 | |
| ATP Miami | 03/20 19:45 | 14 | [160] Tung-Lin Wu v Pavel Kotov [117] | 2-6,6-7 | |
| Challenger Phoenix | 03/16 20:10 | 25 | [117] Pavel Kotov v Jan-Lennard Struff [134] | 2-6,4-6 |
Wikipedia - Pavel Kotov (tennis)
Pavel Vyacheslavovich Kotov (Russian: Павел Вячеславович Котов, IPA: [ˈpavʲɪl ˈkotəf]; born 18 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Kotov has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 61 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 226 achieved on 8 November 2021.
History
2020–2021: ATP debut, Maiden Challengers in singles & doubles
He made his ATP debut at the 2020 St. Petersburg Open as a qualifier where he was defeated by Ugo Humbert.
Kotov won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2020 Challenger La Manche and maiden single title at the 2021 Città di Forlì III.
2022: First ATP win, Grand Slam and top 100 debuts
He won his first ATP match at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II as a qualifier defeating ninth seed Tallon Griekspoor.
He won his second singles Challenger title at 2022 Città di Forlì III. He reached the top 150 on 16 May 2022 at World No. 143.
At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut.
He made his debut at the 2022 US Open as a qualifier.
He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open as lucky loser after the late withdrawal of Jannik Sinner. In the first round he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for his first win at this level. As a result he moved to the top 100 in the rankings on 10 October 2022.
2023: Masters debuts, first ATP final, top 70
Kotov made his debut at the 2023 Australian Open as a lucky loser. He also qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai and defeated Alexei Popyrin. He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 Miami Open as a qualifier.
At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Morocco, Kotov reached his first ATP semifinal defeating Pedro Martínez, seventh seed Benjamin Bonzi and Christopher O'Connell. He also made his debut at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open as a lucky loser.
In Stockholm as a qualifier, he defeated seventh seed Christopher Eubanks, Lorenzo Sonego, third seed Tallon Griekspoor and Miomir Kecmanović to reach his first ATP final. In Sofia, he reached a back to back semifinal and third of the season, defeating Márton Fucsovics and moved into the top 70 in the rankings.
2024: Top 65, First Grand Slam win
Ranked No. 64, at the 2024 Australian Open, he defeated Arthur Rinderknech in the first round, for his first Major win.
In Marrakech he reached back-to-back semifinals at the tournament, defeating local wildcard Elliot Benchetrit and Italians Flavio Cobolli and qualifier Fabio Fognini.