Match analytics

Yosuke Watanuki vs Pavel Kotov · Match odds & ELO prediction

Dubai • Hard • Feb 22, 2025 • 9:05 AM

Hard

Final score

0 - 2

Winner Pavel Kotov

Key insights

Player performance profile

Yosuke Watanuki

HARDSmall sample

0% · 01 on hard

Games won (last 10)

50%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~3,471 points across 23 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Solid
1.871% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Solid
-1.754% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Vulnerable
-11.11% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Vulnerable
17%3% Pctl

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Pavel Kotov

HARD

39% · 914 on hard

CLAY

22% · 27 on clay

GRASSSmall sample

0% · 01 on grass

Games won (last 10)

48%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~2,619 points across 16 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Vulnerable
-1.515% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Shaky
-2.926% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Shaky
-1.932% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Vulnerable
33%13% Pctl

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Match Overview

Yosuke Watanuki and Pavel Kotov are set to meet at the Dubai on February 22, 2025 in a hard-court singles match. Watanuki enters with a 24–19 record on hard courts in 2025, while Kotov has posted a 9–14 mark on hard courts this season. Elo ratings point to a clear statistical advantage for Watanuki entering this matchup. In their head-to-head history, Watanuki leads 2–1 over Kotov.

Both players enter with respectable recent form, as Watanuki and Kotov have each won three or more of their last five singles matches.