Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov

Country (sports)  Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Born (1996-05-21) May 21, 1996
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Galo Blanco
Prize money $200,487
Singles
Career record 6–8
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 128 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking No. 128 (25 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2016)
Wimbledon Q1 (2015)
US Open Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record 2–2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 380 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking No. 600 (25 April 2016)
Last updated on: 25 April 2016.

Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (Russian: Карен Абгарович Хачанов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian tennis player of Armenian descent, who competes predominantly on the Challenger and Futures circuits.

Career

Early life

Karen Khachanov, nicknamed "Djan" speaks Russian and English. He started playing tennis aged three at kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group. His father, Abgar, played volleyball to a very high level before studying medicine, while his Mother, Natalia, also studied medicine. He has one sister, Margarita, as well as a brother, Georgiy. His idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro and favourite sports teams are Real Madrid and the Miami Heat.[1]

Tournament201220132014W–L
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 0–1
French Open A 3R 3R 4–2
Wimbledon A 2R A 1–1
US Open 2R 2R A 2–2
Win–Loss 1–1 4–4 2–1 7–6

2013: Davis Cup debut

Khachanov won the Under-18 European Championship title in July 2013 in Switzerland.[2] At age 17 and 157 days, he became the youngest Russian tennis player in the pro series, surpassing Mikhail Youzhny.[3] Khachanov upset former world No. 8 Janko Tipsarević as a junior at the 2013 Kremlin Cup in Russia. In October, Khachanov defeated Dean O'Brien of South Africa to help Russia advance in the 2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

2014: First Future

Khachanov lost to Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the first round of the 2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Khachanov received a wild card entry to the 2014 Sony Open, but lost in the first round to Daniel Gimeno-Traver.[4] Together with Andrey Rublev he won a silver medal in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. They lost to Brazilian players Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann in the final.

He currently trains in Moscow, Russia and Split, Croatia.

2016

In 2016 He qualified for the the Barcelona open beating Ramkumar Ramanathan and Marco Trungelliti. He then played his first round match beating Aljaz Bedene from being a set down 3-6 6-3 7-6(2). Then he proceeded to the second round beating fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut also in three sets 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3. He eventually lost in the third round to the eleventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov 4-6 5-7. He got a wildcard for the Istanbul open. In his first match he played Aljaz Bedene for the second time in the month. He beat him for the second time 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4. In his second match he lost to Albert Ramos Vinolas desspite winning the first set 6-4 1-6 0-6.

Awards

2014

Futures and Challenger titles

Singles 7 (6–1)

Legend
Challengers (1–1)
Futures (5–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 25 August 2014 Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Hard India Sriram Balaji 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2. 8 September 2014 Mulhouse, France Hard(i) France David Guez 6–2, 6–0
Winner 3. 2 March 2015 Lille, France Hard(i) France Rudy Coco 6–1, 6–4
Winner 4. 9 March 2015 Balma, France Hard(i) France Fabien Reboul 6–4, 6–1
Winner 5. 19 April 2015 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 6. 20 September 2015 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 13 March 2016 Jönköping, Sweden Hard (i) Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev 6–7(9–11), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)

Davis Cup

Participations: (1–3)

Group membership
World Group (–)
WG Play-off (–)
Group I (1–3)
Group II (–)
Group III (–)
Group IV (–)
Matches by Surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (–)
Grass (–)
Carpet (–)
Matches by Type
Singles (1–2)
Doubles (0–1)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase5–0; 25–7 October 2013; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard(i) surface
Victory 1 I Singles South Africa South Africa Dean O'Brien 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Decrease2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 2 I Singles Poland Poland Jerzy Janowicz 2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat 3 III Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 0–6
Increase3–2; 17–9 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 4 II Singles Spain Spain Pablo Andújar 3–6, 3–6, 2–6

References

  1. "Юношескую ракетку используем по медицинским показаниям" [We Use The Junior Racket on Medical Authority] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. 2014 Sony Open Tennis – Men's Singles
  3. ""Русский Кубок" – почётные призы обрели своих хозяев" [The "Russian Cup" – Honorary Prizes Found Their Owners] (in Russian). GoTennis. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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