Karen Khachanov and Mikael Ymer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6 pm (NB) on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.33
Mikael Ymer -> 3.40
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Mikael Ymer
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Mikael Ymer since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.
Karen Khachanov
Ranked no. 17, Khachanov got to the 2nd round after defeating Mario Vilella Martinez 4-6 6-4 7-64 6-3.
In the 1st round against Vilella Martinez, Karen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-64 6-3). During the match Khachanov scored 130 points vs Vilella Martinez’s 112. Karen was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Karen Khachanov was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (59/73) of his 1st serve and 71% (30/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karen broke Vilella Martinez twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Khachanov has a weak record in the last 9 years having won 44% of his matches (443-349). 5-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has a 220-156 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Karen’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney.
Karen has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Khachanov lost in the 3rd round 6-4 7-5 6-4 to Roberto Bautista Agut.
Mikael Ymer
Ranked no. 78, Mikael got to the 2nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ymer had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-4 6-1 6-2). During the match Ymer scored 101 points vs Uchiyama’s 68. Ymer was extremely aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikael Ymer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 75% of his first serves in, winning 77% (54/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Uchiyama 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Ymer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (87-54). 6-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a 106-67 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Mikael has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Mikael didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 25 |
| Pts | 130-112 | 101-68 |
| Total Points | 242 | 169 |
| Winners | 59 | 54 |
| %Winners | 45% | 53% |
Both Khachanov and Ymer played 1 matche. At the moment, Karen Khachanov lost 1 set while Mikael Ymer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Khachanov has played 1 sets more than Ymer (4 vs 3). Therefore, Khachanov played 17 games more than Ymer. Khachanov scored 59 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, Mikael blasted 54 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 73/115 | 70/93 |
| %1st in | 63% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 59/73 | 54/70 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 30/42 | 10/23 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 43% |
Khachanov blasted 10 aces . Ymer blasted 4 aces . Khachanov won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 29% | 56% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with 29% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mikael broke his opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. Ymer was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Vilella Martinez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 42 | 42 | |
| pts | 130-112 | 130-112 | |
| Total points | 242 | 242 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 73/115 | 73/115 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 59/73 | 59/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ymer | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 101-68 | 101-68 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/93 | 70/93 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 54/70 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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