Karen Khachanov overcomes Safiullin in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Lehecka at the Erste Bank Open – VIENNA RESULTS

ERSTE BANK OPEN - VIENNA DRAW AND RESULTS. Khachanov prevails over Safiullin to play Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Roman Safiullin

Karen Khachanov gets the better of Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Vienna on Monday in what was an all-Russian contest. Khachanov will have to play Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Khachanov
Vienna
Khachanov's Record

Karen added to his prize money € 16,450 after winning this match. He has already won € 35,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add € 30,780 to his earnings to get in total € 66,025 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Khachanov
Safiullin
Karen Khachanov
6-4 6-4
1h:35
Roman Safiullin
66
66
Total points
62
62
32
32
Winners
31
31
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
67%
67%
1st in
65%
65%
73%
73%
1st won
78%
78%
32/44
32/44
1st won
31/40
31/40
59%
59%
2nd won
45%
45%
13/22
13/22
2nd won
10/22
10/22
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
0/1
0/1
29%
29%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Khachanov scored 66 points vs. Roman’s 62.

Khachanov

Karen won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Safiullin

On the other side, Roman wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Safiullin is 1-0 for Karen.

Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats

Khachanov will fight against Lehecka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Jiri Lehecka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Khachanov won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2023.

Karen Khachanov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Khachanov HTML
KhachanovSafiullin
HTML
K
0
0
S
0
0

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Khachanov snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Karen converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 67 points. It’s worth to point out that, Khachanov won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Roman (32-35). Khachanov lost 12 points on serve (23-12). In addition, on the other side, Safiullin conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).

2nd Set -
Khachanov Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Karen snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

Karen converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Safiullin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (1-1 30-40).

They contested 63 points. Khachanov conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Safiullin (35-28). Karen dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). On the losing side, Safiullin conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).

1st
Khachanov
Safiullin
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Khachanov
Safiullin
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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