H2H, PREDICTION Karen Khachanov vs Max Purcell | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Khachanov and Purcell will square off in the 2nd round of the Great Ocean Road Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Max Purcell

Karen Khachanov and Max Purcell will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Great Ocean Road Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8.30 pm on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.131
Max Purcell -> 6.35

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Max Purcell

There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 20, Khachanov will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-3 2-6 6-2 to Davidovich Fokina in the 1st round on the 2nd of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about his overall career, Khachanov has an overall 287-194 record. He has a positive 105-71 record on hard.

Last year in Melbourne

Karen surrendered in the 3rd round to Nick Kyrgios.

Max Purcell

Ranked no. 238, Purcell reached the 2nd round after beating Norbert Gombos 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-4 6-4). During the match Purcell scored 68 points vs Gombos’s 59. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Purcell recorded 9 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Max Purcell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Purcell broke Gombos twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

The Australian has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Purcell lost in the 1st round to Jannik Sinner.

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Khachanov
LWWLLLLLWL
Purcell
2025 2024 2023
32 - 24
0 - 0
13-11
Hard
0-0
2-4
I Hard
0-0
9-6
Clay
0-0
8-3
Grass
0-0

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