Challenger San Marino | 08/13 16:50 | 28 | [142] Marco Cecchinato v Pavel Kotov [130] | 6-3,5-7,1-6 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/12 18:45 | 27 | [423] Alexander Weis v Pavel Kotov [130] | 5-7,0-6 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/11 14:30 | 26 | [286] Maxime Janvier v Pavel Kotov [130] | 4-6,3-6 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/09 17:00 | 25 | [317] Viktor Durasovic v Pavel Kotov [130] | 1-6,1-6 | |
Challenger Cordenons | 08/02 12:30 | 25 | [132] Pavel Kotov v Zhizhen Zhang [197] | 2-6,4-6 | |
ATP Kitzbühel | 07/23 09:00 | 26 | [117] Pavel Kotov v Sebastian Ofner [227] | 6-7,5-7 | |
ATP Gstaad | 07/18 13:20 | - | [115] Juan Pablo Varillas v Pavel Kotov [117] | 6-4,6-1 | |
ATP Gstaad | 07/17 14:10 | 26 | [150] Juan Ignacio Londero v Pavel Kotov [122] | 6-4,3-6,2-6 | |
ATP Bastad | 07/11 09:00 | 19 | [84] Federico Delbonis v Pavel Kotov [122] | 7-6,7-6 | |
ATP Bastad | 07/10 13:00 | 14 | [128] Pavel Kotov v Henri Laaksonen [96] | 6-1,7-5 | |
French Open | 05/22 11:30 | 23 | [29] Botic Van De Zandschulp v Pavel Kotov [143] | 6-3,3-6,6-3,6-2 | |
French Open | 05/20 12:15 | 19 | [152] Pedro Cachin v Pavel Kotov [143] | 3-6,2-6 | |
French Open | 05/18 16:50 | 15 | [143] Pavel Kotov v Jurij Rodionov [127] | 7-6,6-4 | |
French Open | 05/17 12:20 | 14 | [151] Hugo Grenier v Pavel Kotov [143] | 3-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Bordeaux | 05/14 12:00 | 28 | [100] Quentin Halys v Pavel Kotov [156] | 6-7,6-2,7-6 | |
Challenger Bordeaux | 05/13 11:00 | 27 | [139] Elias Ymer v Pavel Kotov [156] | 6-7,3-6 | |
Challenger Bordeaux | 05/11 10:55 | 26 | [103] Taro Daniel v Pavel Kotov [156] | 5-7,6-3,3-6 | |
Challenger Bordeaux | 05/10 09:25 | 25 | [156] Pavel Kotov v Thiago Monteiro [101] | 6-7,6-3,7-6 | |
Challenger Aix en Provence | 05/07 15:00 | 28 | [247] Gregoire Barrere v Pavel Kotov [163] | 6-3,4-6,7-5 | |
Challenger Aix en Provence | 05/06 16:00 | 27 | [163] Pavel Kotov v Hugo Grenier [154] | 7-5,7-6 | |
Challenger Aix en Provence | 05/05 14:40 | 26 | [117] Pablo Cuevas v Pavel Kotov [163] | 6-4,3-6,2-6 | |
Challenger Aix en Provence | 05/03 11:35 | 25 | [163] Pavel Kotov v Constant Lestienne [175] | 3-6,6-4,6-1 | |
Challenger Madrid | 04/14 09:00 | 26 | [78] Roberto Carballes Baena v Pavel Kotov [169] | 5-7,7-6,6-2 | |
Challenger Madrid | 04/11 14:00 | 25 | [180] Gian Marco Moroni v Pavel Kotov [169] | 6-3,6-7,5-7 | |
ATP Marrakech | 04/07 14:05 | 26 | [86] Richard Gasquet v Pavel Kotov [172] | 6-3,3-6,6-3 | |
ATP Marrakech | 04/06 11:00 | 25 | [172] Pavel Kotov v Tallon Griekspoor [56] | 0-6,6-2,6-2 | |
ATP Marrakech | 04/04 12:30 | 19 | [120] Fernando Verdasco v Pavel Kotov [172] | 5-7,3-6 | |
ATP Marrakech | 04/03 13:55 | 14 | [67] Rafael Matos v Pavel Kotov [177] | 4-6,1-6 | |
Challenger Lugano | 03/30 09:00 | 26 | Jerome Kym v Pavel Kotov | 3-6,6-2,6-1 | |
Challenger Lugano | 03/28 12:55 | 25 | [177] Pavel Kotov v Radu Albot [117] | 6-2,6-3 |
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.