ATP Nur-Sultan | 09/19 11:50 | 14 | [270] Pavel Kotov v Kacper Zuk [162] | 6-2,6-3 | |
Challenger Barletta | 08/23 11:55 | 25 | [271] Pavel Kotov v Flavio Cobolli [313] | 2-6,6-4,2-6 | |
Challenger Verona | 08/18 14:55 | 26 | [110] Carlos Taberner v Pavel Kotov [271] | 6-2,4-6,6-1 | |
Challenger Verona | 08/17 10:20 | 25 | Pavel Kotov v Marco Bortolotti | 6-3,6-3 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/13 17:00 | 27 | [86] Marco Cecchinato v Pavel Kotov [276] | 7-6,6-3 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/11 20:05 | 26 | [216] Roberto Marcora v Pavel Kotov [276] | 4-6,4-6 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/10 12:25 | 25 | [276] Pavel Kotov v Federico Gaio [155] | 7-6,7-6 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/09 11:00 | 19 | [275] Pavel Kotov v Julian Ocleppo [369] | 6-4,6-7,6-7 | |
Challenger San Marino | 08/08 11:10 | 14 | [275] Pavel Kotov v Luca Vanni [417] | 6-4,6-1 | |
Challenger Cordenons | 08/03 16:15 | 25 | [98] Stefano Travaglia v Pavel Kotov [275] | 6-1,6-2 | |
Challenger Segovia | 07/27 12:00 | 25 | [246] Hugo Grenier v Pavel Kotov [261] | 6-4,6-2 | |
Challenger Nur-Sultan | 07/24 06:30 | 28 | [272] Pavel Kotov v Andrey Kuznetsov [350] | 2-6,7-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Nur-Sultan | 07/23 07:35 | 27 | [361] Ryan Peniston v Pavel Kotov [272] | 4-6,2-6 | |
Challenger Nur-Sultan | 07/22 07:55 | 26 | [272] Pavel Kotov v Jesper De Jong [258] | 6-3,7-6 | |
Challenger Nur-Sultan | 07/20 07:10 | 25 | [272] Pavel Kotov v Edan Leshem [412] | 3-6,6-1,6-4 | |
Challenger Nur-Sultan | 07/13 06:10 | 25 | [226] Sergiy Stakhovsky v Pavel Kotov [270] | 7-5,6-2 | |
Challenger Almaty | 06/17 05:30 | 27 | [270] Pavel Kotov v Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera [232] | 3-6,6-2,4-6 | |
Challenger Almaty | 06/16 08:10 | 26 | [270] Pavel Kotov v Zizou Bergs [220] | 6-3,4-6,6-2 | |
Challenger Almaty | 06/15 09:10 | 25 | [215] Lorenzo Giustino v Pavel Kotov [270] | 6-7,4-6 | |
ATP Parma | 05/22 11:15 | 14 | [270] Pavel Kotov v Daniel Altmaier [144] | 3-6,1-6 | |
Challenger Rom Kval | 04/25 09:30 | 14 | [289] Riccardo Bonadio v Pavel Kotov [266] | 6-3,6-4 | |
Challenger Rom | 04/18 08:00 | 14 | [238] Marco Trungelliti v Pavel Kotov [269] | 3-6,6-4,6-1 | |
Challenger Oeiras | 04/08 10:00 | 26 | [269] Pavel Kotov v Gian Marco Moroni [245] | 2-6,2-6 | |
Challenger Oeiras | 04/06 10:40 | 25 | [269] Pavel Kotov v Harry Bourchier [342] | Retired | |
Challenger Oeiras | 03/28 11:35 | 14 | Pavel Kotov v Pedro Araujo | 7-5,5-7,5-7 | |
Challenger St. Petersburg | 03/11 11:25 | 26 | [265] Pavel Kotov v Jack Sock [273] | 4-6,3-6 | |
Challenger St. Petersburg | 03/09 11:00 | 25 | [265] Pavel Kotov v Tim Van Rijthoven [335] | 6-2,6-4 | |
Challenger St. Petersburg | 03/04 08:00 | 26 | [265] Pavel Kotov v Zizou Bergs [435] | 0-6,5-7 | |
Challenger St. Petersburg | 03/02 11:25 | 25 | [249] Teymuraz Gabashvili v Pavel Kotov [265] | 4-6,2-6 | |
Challenger Nur-Sultan | 02/24 08:35 | 26 | [184] Frederico F Silva v Pavel Kotov [273] | 6-1,3-6,6-4 |
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.
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.