Who Will Win: Kotov Vs Garin? Prediction For ATP Nordea Open 2024

What Time Will Pavel Kotov Play Against Cristian Garin?

Kotov and Garin are on the Day 1 Schedule at Nordea Open 2024 on Monday 15 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?

In their first meeting, Pavel Kotov will be facing Cristian Garin. Pavel Kotov is 25 years old and currently ranked 60th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 50 achieved in June 2024. In the year 2024, he has a record of 14 wins and 13 losses, including reaching the semifinals in Marrakech. In the Bastad tournament, he has a record of 1 win and 1 loss, reaching the second round in 2023.

Kotov earned his first ranking point at the age of 16 in October 2015 and broke into the Top 100 in October 2022. He achieved his career-high ranking of 50 in June 2024. His biggest career win came against No. 25 Griekspoor, and he reached his first ATP Tour final in 2023 Stockholm as a qualifier. He earned his first ATP Tour win in 2022 Marrakech, defeating Griekspoor in the first round. He then returned to Marrakech to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal in 2023 and his fourth semifinal in 2024.

Kotov qualified to make his ATP Tour debut in 2020 St. Petersburg and his Grand Slam debut in 2022 Roland Garros. In the Challenger circuit, he has a record of 89 wins and 71 losses, with three titles in finals: 2021 Forli-3, 2022 Forli-3, and 2022 San Marino.

It is worth noting that Kotov is seeded at an ATP Tour event for the first time in his career and has earned 10 out of his 14 wins this year on clay. In 2023, he qualified for the main draw in Bastad ranked 89th but lost to eventual champion Rublev in the second

round.

On the other hand, Cristian Garin is 28 years old and currently ranked 106th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 17. In 2024, he has a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, with a semifinal appearance in Estoril and Munich. In the Bastad tournament, he has a record of 1 win and 2 losses, reaching the quarterfinals in 2021.

Garin’s biggest career title came at the 2020 Rio de Janeiro, which helped him rise to No. 18 in the rankings. He ended the 2021 season at a career-high ranking of 17. He is a five-time ATP Tour champion, including saving five match points against Chardy to win the 2019 Houston title and saving two match points against No. 3 A. Zverev to win the 2019 Munich title.

He reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon in 2022 and has also reached ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals at 2019 Paris, 2021 Madrid, and 2022 Rome. Garin earned his first ATP Tour win in 2013 Vina del Mar as a 16-year-old wild card, defeating Lajovic. His second ATP Tour win came in 2019 Buenos Aires, defeating Auger-Aliassime. In his junior career, he won the 2013 Roland Garros boys’ singles title against A. Zverev and reached the boys’ doubles final with his countryman Jarry.

Garin aims to make his third consecutive ATP Tour semifinal on clay, having lost to Hurkacz in Estoril and Fritz in Munich. Since the start of the 2023 season, he has a record of 10 wins and 3 losses in opening-round matches on tour-level clay.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Kotov will win.
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