Rei Sakamoto is about to play against Karen Khachanov on Tuesday the 20th of October in Almaty. Here is an update about his live rankings.
Rei Sakamoto is right now ranked no.124 with 463 points placed as the Japanese no.2 after Sho Shimabukuro who is his compatriot no.1 with 555 points ranked no.109.
On the opposite side, Karen Khachanov is presently ranked no.25 with 1990 points positioned as Russian no.3 behind Andrey Rublev (world no.22) and Daniil Medvedev who is world no.5.
Live Rankings
| 123 | 74 |
E.Nava
|
484 |
| 124 | 3 |
G.Dimitrov
|
472 |
| 125 | 124 |
R.Sakamoto
|
469 |
| 126 | 36 |
P.Portero
|
462 |
| 127 | 19 |
A.Popyrin
|
458 |
| 128 | 54 |
F.Comesana
|
455 |
| 129 | 92 |
S.Mochizuki
|
451 |
| 130 | 38 |
A.Muller
|
441 |
| 131 | 99 |
N.Basavareddy
|
432 |
| High 132 | New 133 |
S.Sakellaridis
|
431 |
| 133 | 132 |
M.Gurri
|
430 |
| High 134 | New 146 |
C.Chidekh
|
428 |
Sakamoto didn’t have any movement in terms of live rankings to still be the world no.124. That still represents his best rank.
Depending on the other results, Rei Sakamoto may gain 5 places to be the new world no.119 if he wins the following match.
In his live rankings, out of 469 points, Rei has gained 383 points (82%) on Hard Court, 45 points (10%) on Clay, 25 points (5%) on Indoor and 16 points (3%) on Grass.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Sakamoto is still ranked no.115 with the status of Japanese no.2.
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H2H Rei Sakamoto vs. Karen Khachanov
Sakamoto and Khachanov have never played against each other so far on the main tour.
Sakamoto in Almaty, ranking, and results in 2026
Ranked world no.124 (career-high), Sakamoto achieved an overall 41-24 record in 2026. The Japanese is now competing in Almaty where he managed to beat Amir Omarkhanov 6-2 6-1 and Gabriel Diallo 2-6 6-4 6-4.
Rei Sakamoto will play the world no.25 Karen Khachanov in the 1st round on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on Center Court. In the past, they have never competed against each other till now in top tournaments.
Karen Khachanov in 2026
Ranked world no.25, the Russian played his last match on the 13th of October when he surrendered to world no.8 Alex De Minaur 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in Shanghai (draw).
Until now, during this year Khachanov has an overall 25-21 match record.
