Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov
Карен Хачанов

Khachanov at the 2019 Rolex Paris Masters
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 25) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Vedran Martić Fredrik Rosengren
Prize money	US$10,270,529
Singles
Career record	185–143 (56.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 8 (15 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 26 (21 February 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
French Open	QF (2019)
Wimbledon	QF (2021)
US Open	3R (2018, 2020)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	Alt (2018)
Olympic Games	(2020)
Doubles
Career record	42–61 (40.8% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 64 (21 May 2018)
Current ranking	No. 179 (10 January 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2017)
US Open	3R (2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2020)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2021)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Men's Singles Representing  Russia Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Doubles
Last updated on: 10 January 2022.

Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (Russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов, (Armenian: Կարեն Աբգարովիչ Խաչանով; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles, including the 2018 Paris Masters title. Khachanov achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 on 15 July 2019, after reaching the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open.

Early life and background[]

Khachanov started playing tennis at the age of three in kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group. His father Abgar, an Armenian from Yerevan,^[1] played volleyball before studying medicine, while his mother, Natalia, a Russian, also studied medicine. Khachanov's maternal grandfather was also half Armenian.^[1] He has a sister, Margarita, and a brother, Georgiy. His idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martín del Potro, and favourite sports teams are Real Madrid and the Miami Heat.^[2] He decided to become a professional player at 12.^[3]

After Khachanov turned 15, he moved to Split, Croatia, where he trained under Vedran Martić, Goran Ivanišević's former coach. Later, he moved to Barcelona and was coached by Galo Blanco.^[4]

Junior career[]

Khachanov won the Under-18 European Championship title in Switzerland in July 2013.^[5] Together with Andrey Rublev he won a silver medal in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. They lost in the final to Brazilian players Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career[]

2013–15: Davis Cup debut, First Future & Challenger titles[]

Khachanov at the 2015 Brest Challenger

Still as under 18, Khachanov made his ITF Circuit debut at the $15K event in Russia, losing his first match against compatriot Alexey Vatutin. In September of the following year, he got a wildcard for his first ATP Tour participation at the St. Petersburg Open. There he recorded his first win by defeating Victor Hanescu in the first round. He then faced Lukas Rosol, but lost in straight-sets. A month later he got another wildcard, for the Kremlin Cup. Things got even better there, as he defeated Albert Ramos Vinolas and top 30 Janko Tipsarevic. In the next round he lost to Ivo Karlovic. The following week he made his debut for Russia at the Davis Cup, and at age 17 years and 157 days he became the youngest Russian tennis player in the pro series, surpassing Mikhail Youzhny.^[6] There, he defeated Dean O'Brien of South Africa to help Russia advance in the 2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. He finished the season by playing at the two Challengers, reaching the quarterfinal in Geneva and then the first round in Helsinki.^{[citation needed]}

After a slow start at the Chennai Open and two lower-ITF tournaments, Khachanov then played at the Davis Cup. He lost to Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the first round of the 2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. He then continued with no success at one ITF event and Challenger events in Kazakhstan. However, he then made his Masters debut, after receiving a wildcard entry to the 2014 Miami Open, but lost in the first round to Daniel Gimeno-Traver. In August he achieved his first significant result, winning his first ITF title at the $15K event in Kaohsiung. Two weeks later he won another ITF title, this time at the $15K event in Mulhouse. For the second year in a row, he got a wildcard for the Kremlin Cup, but again lost in the first round.^{[citation needed]}

Despite playing at a few ATP Tour events in previous years, in 2015 Khachanov played mostly at ITF and Challenger tournaments, with some success. In the first half of the year, he won two $10K/15K events in France, both in March. In April he reached the semifinal and won the title at the $15K events in Uzbekistan. After that came some good results at the Challengers. In June, he advanced to the quarterfinal in Fergana and then the semifinal in Marburg. His next step was Wimbledon, in his first Grand Slam qualification appearance. He lost in the first round of qualifications. Later, at the US Open, he also failed to qualify for the main draw, this time losing in the second round of qualifications. In mid-July, he faced Pablo Andujar in the second round of the 2015 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. He lost that match in three sets. In September 2015, Khachanov won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Istanbul, where he was unseeded. In the final he defeated top seed Sergiy Stakhovsky. He followed up this performance and finished the year with four consecutive Challenger quarterfinals, in Mons, Rennes, Brest and Mouilleron-le-Captif.^{[citation needed]}

2016: First ATP title, Grand Slam debut[]

Khachanov made progress during 2016, however bigger results came in the second half of the year. He had a slow start with only a first round at the Chennai Open and the final stage of Australian Open qualifications, as well as failing to reach the main draw at Open Sud de France and Open 13. His following matches were on the Challenger Tour, making it to the quarterfinal in Cherbourg and later the final of Jonkoping and the quarterfinal in Kazan. He then entered the qualifications for Monte Carlo as his first clay Masters 1000 appearance. He lost to Taro Daniel in the first round. The following week he qualified for the Barcelona Open, beating Ramkumar Ramanathan and Marco Trungelliti. In his first-round match he came back from a set down to beat Aljaz Bedene. In the second round he beat fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, also in three sets. He eventually lost in the third round to the eleventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov. Right after that he played at the Istanbul Open as a wildcard player. In his first match, he beat Aljaz Bedene for the second time in the month. In the following round, he lost to Albert Ramos Vinolas, despite winning the first set. He then continued with good results at Challengers, reaching the quarterfinal in Karshi and winning the title in Samarkand the following week.^{[citation needed]}

Playing in the qualification of the French Open, Khachanov completed his appearances at all four Grand Slams, but with no qualifications into the main draw. Two Challenger semifinals in Prostejov and Moscow followed, as well as another loss in the qualifications of Wimbledon. In July, at the Kitzbuhel Open, he defeated Filippo Volandri and Philipp Kohlscreiber to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal since the 2013 Kremlin Cup, before losing to Dusan Lajovic.^{[citation needed]}

At the US Open, he made his main draw debut after passing the qualifications. In the first round he recorded his first Grand Slam win, over Thomas Fabbiano, but lost in the second round to Kei Nishikori. After that, he lost in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open to Alexander Zverev. However, he progressed further the following week at the 2016 Chengdu Open. He defeated Joao Sousa, Adrian Mannarino, Feliciano Lopez and Victor Troicki to reach his first ATP Tour final. By reaching an ATP singles final, Khachanov became the first Russian in an ATP Tour final since Mikhail Youzhny, who beat David Ferrer in the final at the 2013 Valencia Open 500.^[7] Khachanov won his first ATP tournament there, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas in three sets. He finished the year with his first ATP 500 quarterfinal run at the Vienna Open, where he recorded wins over Andreas Seppi and Nikoloz Basilashvili, before Ivo Karlovic defeated him.^{[citation needed]}

2017: First top 10 win, First Grand Slam fourth round[]

Khachanov at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships

Thanks to big progress in the past, he was now able to avoid qualifications. He started the year with a win at the Qatar Open, but then lost to Ivo Karlovic in two tie breaks. He performed no better at the following Auckland Open, losing in the first round to Yen-Hsun Lu. He then made his main-draw debut at the Australian Open. His first opponent was Adrian Mannarino, whom Khachanov defeated in four sets. Against Jack Sock in the following round, he attempted to reach his first Grand Slam third round, but without success. His next step was participating at the Davis Cup against Serbia in the World Group. He lost his match against Viktor Troicki in five sets. Losses then continued for the next four tournaments: Open Sud de France, Rotterdam Open, Open 13 and Dubai Championships. At the Indian Wells, he passed the first round after defeating Tommy Robredo. In the following round, he lost to David Goffin.^{[citation needed]}

In late April, he reached his first quarterfinal of the year, at the ATP 500 Barcelona. There he defeated Thomaz Bellucci, Pablo Cuevas and top 10 David Goffin before losing to Horacio Zeballos. A month later he advanced to another quarterfinal, at the Lyon Open. He followed up this win with another great performance at the French Open. Wins over Nicolas Jarry and top 30 players, Tomas Berdych and John Isner, brought him to the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He failed to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, losing to Andy Murray.^{[citation needed]}

He continued with good performances, reaching the semifinal of the Halle Open. There he achieved his first win on grass over Gilles Simon,^[8] and then recorded his second career top 10 win, after defeating Kei Nishikori. He lost to Roger Federer and failed to reach the final. This result ensured him a first Grand Slam seed place at the following Grand Slam at Wimbledon. There, he also had another great result, reaching his first third round, after wins over Andrey Kuznetsov and Thiago Monteiro. He then lost to Rafael Nadal.^[9] His successful journey then continued with two consecutive quarterfinals at the Bastad Open and the Hamburg Open. However, he then started to struggle with form. He was eliminated in the first round at both the Canadian Open and the US Open, but reached the third round of the Cincinnati Open. In September he played in the Davis Cup for the second time in a year. He played against Hungarian players, winning against Attila Balazs and losing to Marton Fucsovics. He then went to China, reaching the second round of the Chengdu Open and the China Open and losing in the first round of the Shanghai Masters. He then returned to Europe, but still with no success, with only first rounds of the Vienna Open and the Paris Mastes. He finished the year with his debut at the Next Gen ATP Finals. He overcame Jared Donaldson, but lost to Daniil Medvedev and Borna Coric, so failed to pass the round robin group.^{[citation needed]}

2018: First Masters 1000 title[]

Khachanov at the 2018 US Open

Khachanov started the year at the Auckland Open, reaching the quarterfinal after wins over Yuichi Sugita and Pablo Cuevas, but then lost to Juan Martin del Potro. Next, he participated in the Australian Open, where he lost to del Potro in the second round. In February he first reached the quarterfinal of Open Sud de France, followed up with only a first round at the Rotterdam Open, but then he won his second ATP title at Open 13 in Marseille, France. In the semifinal he defeated former top 10 player Tomas Berdych to reach final. To get the title, he needed to defeat Frenchman Lucas Pouille.^[10]

In the next three months he showed average results. In Dubai he reached the second round, then only the first round of Indian Wells and the third round of the Miami Open. However, he reached the final of the Miami Open in the doubles event, alongside Andrey Rublev, but they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. Then the clay court season came, but he was still not showing good form. He reached the third rounds of Monte Carlo and the Barcelona Open, but only the first rounds of Madrid and Rome.^{[citation needed]} However, his form peaked on time for the French Open, where he again reached the fourth round, defeating top 20 player Lucas Pouille in the third round, before losing to Alexander Zverev.^{[citation needed]}

During the grass season, he played only two tournaments. First, he advanced to the quarterfinal of the Halle Open for the second year in a row. Second, he reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, but then lost to Novak Djokovic.^{[citation needed]}

In the North American summer hard-court swing, Khachanov reached the semifinals of a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in his career, at the Canadian Open, losing to Nadal. He once again met Nadal at the US Open, in the third round, losing in a marathon match.^{[citation needed]}

He then helped Team Russia to progress through the 1st Round play-off of the Europe/Africa Zone Group I by winning both matches and securing Russia a place in the World Group. In Asia, Khachanov struggled to find form. He reached only the second rounds of Beijing and Shanghai. He then rebounded at the Kremlin Cup, winning his second ATP title of the season by defeating Adrian Mannarino in the final. In the semifinal he defeated his compatriot Daniil Medvedev.^{[citation needed]}

He finished the year by claiming his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Paris Masters, defeating Filip Krajinović, Matthew Ebden, world No. 9 John Isner (saving two match points), world No. 5 Alexander Zverev, world No. 8 Dominic Thiem and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He was the first tennis player representing Russia to win a Masters 1000 final since Nikolay Davydenko, who won the inaugural 2009 Shanghai Masters. No. 18 Khachanov was the lowest-ranked player to claim a Masters 1000 title since Ivan Ljubicic won the 2010 Indian Wells Masters. As a result, Khachanov climbed to world No. 11 and was an alternate at the 2018 ATP Finals.^[11] Khachanov became the fifth Russian tennis player to reach a Masters tournament, after Marat Safin, Andrei Chesnokov, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Nikolay Davydenko.^[12]

2019: First Grand Slam quarterfinal, top 10, poor year-end season[]

Khachanov at the 2019 French Open

Despite starting the season as the 11th ranked player in the world, Khachanov struggled to achieve any notable results for the first five months of the season. Leading up to the French Open, Khachanov's record for the year was ten wins and twelve losses, and he had failed to reach a single tournament semifinal.^{[citation needed]}

At the French Open, Khachanov won his first three rounds to set up a last-16 encounter with Juan Martín del Potro. Khachanov beat del Potro for the first time to reach his first major quarterfinal, where he lost to Dominic Thiem. Khachanov's maiden Slam quarterfinal saw him enter the top-10 for the first time as world No. 9.^{[citation needed]}

In August, Khachanov reached his first tournament semifinal of the year after beating Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals of the Montreal Masters. In the semifinals, he was defeated by compatriot Daniil Medvedev.^{[citation needed]}

After the Rogers Cup, Khachanov reached the semifinals of the China Open. He failed to defend his title at the Paris Masters, losing in the second round to Jan-Lennard Struff, and dropped out of the top 10.^{[citation needed]}

2020: ATP Cup semifinals, Fourth consecutive French Open fourth round[]

Khachanov entered the Auckland Open as third-seeded, losing the first match against John Millman.^{[citation needed]}

He then joined team Russia, also consisting of Medvedev, Gabashvili and Kravchuk, at the ATP Cup. He beat four out of five players, with team Russia progressing to the semifinals, where they lost to eventual champion Serbia.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2020 US Open, Khachanov beat Jannik Sinner, coming back from 2 sets down, then beat Andrey Kuznetsov, before losing to Alex de Minaur in the third round.^{[citation needed]} In Rome, Khachanov lost in the first round to Casper Ruud. He came back to form in time for the French Open, where he reached the fourth round for a fourth consecutive year, beating Kamil Majchrzak, Jiří Veselý and Cristian Garín, before losing to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.^{[citation needed]}

2021: Two ATP semifinals, First Wimbledon quarterfinal, Olympic silver medallist[]

Khachanov at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships

At the 2021 Australian Open, Khachanov progressed to the third round for the third year in a row. He reached two semifinals, at the lead-up event to the AO at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he was defeated by eventual champion Jannik Sinner, and at the clay warm-up event to Rolland Garros at the 2021 Lyon Open, where he was defeated by Cameron Norrie.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships he reached the fourth round for the second time.^[13] This marked the first time three Russian players reached the fourth round at the All England Club since 2006, when Elena Dementieva, Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova made their run.^[14] He continued by reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in his career, defeating Sebastian Korda in a tight match that finished in a fifth set tiebreak 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 10–8.^[15] He then lost in another five-set match, against Denis Shapovalov.^[16]

At the Tokyo Olympics, Khachanov defeated Yoshihito Nishioka, James Duckworth, Diego Schwartzman and Ugo Humbert to reach the semi-finals. There, he defeated Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets, to guarantee himself at least a silver medal. He lost to Alexander Zverev in the gold medal match.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching team[]

For a time, Khachanov was coached by Igor Bitsenko in Moscow and Vedran Martić in Split, Croatia. In 2014 he joined 4Slam Tennis Academy led by Galo Blanco.^[17][18] Khachanov parted ways with Blanco in November 2017.^[19] He trained for a few years with his previous coach Vedran Martić.^[20] Currently, his coach is José Clavet.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

In April 2016, Khachanov married Veronika Shkliaeva, his childhood sweetheart whom he dated since 2011.^[21][22][23] They welcomed their child, a boy named David, on 14 September 2019.^[24][25] Fellow tennis player Ilya Ivashka is his brother-in-law, their wives being (twin) sisters.^[26][27]

Career statistics[]

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline[]

Current after the 2022 Australian Open.

Olympic medal finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 silver medal)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Silver	2021	Tokyo Olympics 2020	Hard	Alexander Zverev	3–6, 1–6

Masters tournaments[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2018	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	Miami Open	Hard	Andrey Rublev	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [4–10]
Loss	2019	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	Andrey Rublev	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4–6, 1–6

Awards and honours[]

National

• The Russian Cup in the nominations:
  • Junior of the Year: 2013;
  • Male Player of the Year: 2018;
  • Olympians-2020;
  • Team of the Year: 2019, 2021.^[28]
• Sports title "Merited Master of Sports of Russia" (6 August 2021)^[29]
• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (11 August 2021).^[30]

References[]

External links[]

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