Pavel Vyacheslavovich Kotov ( rus, Павел Вячеславович Котов, , ˈpavʲɪl ˈkotəf; born 18 November 1998) is a Russian

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player. Kotov has a career high

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singles ranking of World No. 96 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 226 achieved on 8 November 2021.

Career

2020-2021: ATP debut, Maiden Challengers in singles & doubles

He made his ATP debut at the

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as a qualifier where he was defeated by

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. Kotov won his maiden

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doubles title at the

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and maiden single title at the 2021 Città di Forlì III.

2022: Grand Slam and top 100 debut

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

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he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut. He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier. He qualified at the ATP 500

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as lucky loser after the late withdrawal of

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. In the first round he defeated

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for his first win at this level. As a result he moved to the top 100 in the rankings on 10 October 2022.

Challenger and Futures Final

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

References

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* * 1998 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub