Challenger Phoenix | 03/14 18:50 | 19 | [117] Pavel Kotov v Mattia Bellucci [150] | 6-4,6-3 | |
Challenger Phoenix | 03/13 21:35 | 14 | [117] Pavel Kotov v Alex Lawson [141] | 6-1,6-0 | |
ATP Indian Wells | 03/06 19:00 | 44 | [188] Emilio Nava v Pavel Kotov [117] | 7-5,6-7,6-3 | |
ATP Dubai | 03/01 17:45 | 26 | [138] Pavel Kotov v Hubert Hurkacz [11] | 5-7,1-6 | |
ATP Dubai | 02/27 14:00 | 25 | [98] Alexei Popyrin v Pavel Kotov [138] | 3-6,7-5,6-7 | |
ATP Dubai | 02/26 08:50 | 19 | [114] Alexander Shevchenko v Pavel Kotov [135] | Retired | |
ATP Dubai | 02/25 09:00 | 14 | [135] Pavel Kotov v Roman Safiullin [97] | 5-7,6-2,6-4 | |
ATP Doha | 02/19 12:30 | 19 | [169] Oleksii Krutykh v Pavel Kotov [126] | 1-6,6-3,6-3 | |
ATP Doha | 02/18 09:35 | 14 | [84] Yuki Bhambri v Pavel Kotov [126] | 6-4,3-6,5-7 | |
Challenger Manama | 02/13 13:55 | 25 | [180] Vit Kopriva v Pavel Kotov [126] | 6-2,6-1 | |
Australian Open | 01/16 02:00 | 23 | [63] Tallon Griekspoor v Pavel Kotov [117] | 6-3,7-6,6-3 | |
Australian Open | 01/12 01:05 | 19 | [118] Pavel Kotov v Ernesto Escobedo [310] | 3-6,6-7 | |
Australian Open | 01/11 02:50 | 15 | [118] Pavel Kotov v Henri Laaksonen [187] | 7-6,6-2 | |
Australian Open | 01/09 06:55 | 14 | [118] Pavel Kotov v Genaro Alberto Olivieri [227] | 7-6,6-2 | |
Challenger Canberra | 01/02 01:30 | 25 | [249] Dane Sweeny v Pavel Kotov [117] | 6-4,6-1 | |
Challenger Helsingfors | 11/15 13:05 | 25 | [98] Pavel Kotov v Altug Celikbilek [223] | 6-7,6-7 | |
Challenger Roanne | 11/11 20:35 | 27 | [195] Otto Virtanen v Pavel Kotov [100] | 6-1,2-6,6-2 | |
Challenger Roanne | 11/10 10:00 | 26 | [123] Pablo Andujar v Pavel Kotov [100] | 0-6,3-6 | |
Challenger Roanne | 11/08 10:00 | 25 | [170] Alexander Ritschard v Pavel Kotov [100] | 4-6,3-6 | |
ATP Stockholm | 10/16 14:15 | 19 | [100] Pavel Kotov v Alexander Shevchenko [148] | 6-4,3-6,2-6 | |
ATP Stockholm | 10/15 11:00 | 14 | [100] Pavel Kotov v Peter Gojowczyk [221] | 7-5,6-3 | |
ATP Astana | 10/05 09:25 | 26 | [21] Roberto Bautista-Agut v Pavel Kotov [103] | 6-1,7-6 | |
ATP Nur-Sultan | 10/04 05:00 | 25 | [103] Pavel Kotov v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [31] | 6-4,6-4 | |
ATP Nur-Sultan | 10/02 07:40 | 19 | [103] Pavel Kotov v Alexander Shevchenko [148] | 6-7,3-6 | |
ATP Nur-Sultan | 10/01 05:00 | 14 | Pavel Kotov v Arslanbek Aitkulov | 6-0,6-0 | |
US Open | 08/30 15:00 | 23 | [69] Brandon Nakashima v Pavel Kotov [113] | 7-6,6-2,6-2 | |
US Open | 08/26 23:15 | 19 | [113] Pavel Kotov v Fernando Verdasco [124] | 6-1,7-6 | |
US Open | 08/25 22:40 | 15 | [113] Pavel Kotov v Sebastian Ofner [219] | 6-3,6-4 | |
US Open | 08/24 16:45 | 14 | [113] Pavel Kotov v Felipe Alves [145] | 7-5,6-3 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/14 18:45 | 29 | [204] Matteo Arnaldi v Pavel Kotov [130] | 6-7,4-6 |
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. 57 achieved on 20 May 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 226 achieved on 8 November 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.