Who Will Win: Berrettini Vs Kotov? Prediction For ATP Generali Open 2024

What Time Will Matteo Berrettini Play Against Pavel Kotov?

Berrettini and Kotov are on the Day 2 Schedule at Generali Open 2024 on Tuesday 23 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Matteo Berrettini, a 28-year-old Italian tennis player, will play against Pavel Kotov for the first time. Berrettini is currently ranked as the world number 50 and has achieved a career-high ranking of number 6. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 16-5 and has won two titles. In the 2018 Kitzbuhel tournament, he reached the quarterfinals with a record of 2-1.

Berrettini reached his career-high ranking of number 6 after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 2022. He became the third-highest-ranked Italian player since the start of the PIF ATP Rankings in 1973, with Jannik Sinner ranked at number 2 in 2024 and Adriano Panatta ranked at number 4 in 1976.

At the 2021 Wimbledon tournament, Berrettini became the first Italian men’s singles finalist in the history of the tournament. He was also the first Italian men’s singles finalist in a Grand Slam since Panatta reached the final of the 1976 Roland Garros.

Berrettini also has several other notable achievements. He is the first Italian man to reach the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam events. He also earned a win at the Nitto ATP Finals in 2019, defeating Dominic Thiem in a round-robin match.

On grass, Berrettini has an impressive record of 44 wins and 11 losses, and he has won four of his nine ATP Tour titles on this surface. He made history by winning the London/Queen’s Club event in both 2021 and 2022, becoming the first player in the Open Era to win titles in each of his first two appearances at that event.

Berrettini has had significant wins throughout his career. He defeated Thiem, who was ranked at number 3 at the time, during the 2021 ATP Cup team final. He also defeated Casper Ruud, another top-ranked player at number 3, en route to the 2023 United Cup team final.

In his most recent performance, Berrettini won the Gstaad

title on altitude clay without dropping a set. He has had a strong performance on clay since the start of the 2023 season, with a record of 12-1 (10-1 in 2024). His only loss on clay in 2024 was against Miomir Kecmanovic at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo.

On the other hand, Pavel Kotov, a 25-year-old Russian tennis player, is currently ranked as the world number 62 and has achieved a career-high ranking of number 50 in June 2024. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 15-14, with his best result being reaching the semifinals of the Marrakech tournament.

Kotov earned his first ranking point at the age of 16 in October 2015 and broke into the Top 100 in October 2022. He reached his career-high ranking in June 2024. One of the highlights of his career was defeating the 25th ranked player, Tallon Griekspoor, en route to his first ATP Tour final at the 2023 Stockholm tournament as a qualifier.

Kotov made his ATP Tour debut in 2020 at the St. Petersburg tournament and his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Roland Garros. He also has a successful record in the Challenger circuit, with a record of 89 wins and 71 losses, including winning titles at the 2021 Forli-3, 2022 Forli-3, and 2022 San Marino tournaments.

On clay, Kotov has a record of 10 wins and 3 losses in opening-round matches on tour-level events, with a record of 6-1 in 2024. His only loss on clay in 2024 was against Sebastian Ofner in Barcelona. He has also faced top-ranked players on clay, with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses against the top 50 players on this surface. His notable victories include defeating Benjamin Bonzi, ranked at number 50, at the 2023 Marrakech tournament, defeating Jordan Thompson, ranked at number 33, at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid, and defeating Cameron Norrie, also ranked at number 33, at the 2024 Roland Garros.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Berrettini will win.
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