Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.27
Karen Khachanov -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov
This will be the 7th time that Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 6-1 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2024.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Karen Khachanov – Miami 26-March-2024
Alexander Zverev
50 - 15win/loss
4
2
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-16 | 23-8 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, the German will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4 to Korda in the quarter on the 11th of August.
The German has an overall 49-15 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Zverev has an overall 510-239 record. He has a positive 193-94 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Karen Khachanov
23 - 16win/loss
22
8
LWLWLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-16 | 12-8 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-0 6-3). During the match Khachanov scored 59 points vs Cerundolo’s 37. Karen was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Khachanov bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Karen Khachanov was very effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karen broke Cerundolo 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where he defeated Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.
Khachanov has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWLLL Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
