Pavel Kotov and Yi Zhou will square off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.23
Yi Zhou -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Yi Zhou

There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Yi Zhou since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Pavel Kotov

Ranked no. 63, Kotov reached the 1st round after beating Sumit Nagal 6-2 7-6(5) and Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Kotov defeated Carballes Baena (7-63 4-6 6-3). During the match, Kotov scored 112 points vs Carballes Baena’s 107. Pavel was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kotov recorded 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (50/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pavel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Kotov has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (271-179). 8-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kotov has a compiled57-43 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Kotov’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Marrakech.

Kotov has a compiled 19-19 win-loss record in 2024, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Yi Zhou

Ranked no. 446 (career-high), Yi will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 7-6(3) 2-6 6-4 to Mannarino in the 2nd round on the 21st of September.

Zhou has a compiled 24-20 win-loss record in 2024, 24-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhou’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Luzhou,M15 Tianjin and M25 Tianjin.

In terms of his career, Yi has an overall 35-38 record. He has a positive 34-32 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

Zizou BergsBergs – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
Pavel KotovKotov – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-63 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Jakub MensikMensik – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-5) – H2H and prediction
Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (2-2) – H2H and prediction
Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-2) – H2H and prediction
Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Alexander BublikBublik – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Andrey RublevRublev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-0) – H2H and prediction
Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Jannik SinnerSinner – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction