H2H, PREDICTION Karen Khachanov vs Jannik Sinner | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jannik Sinner

Karen Khachanov and Jannik Sinner will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Great Ocean Road Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.41
Karen Khachanov -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jannik Sinner

This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Jannik Sinner play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 20, the Russian got to the semifinal after defeating Max Purcell 7-65 6-3, Kevin Anderson 6-3 7-65 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-76 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter against Van De Zandschulp, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 6-3). During the match Khachanov scored 114 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 103. Khachanov was quite aggressive to blast 62 winners.

Regarding the service games, Khachanov bagged 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 75% of his first serves in, winning 75% (62/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Khachanov broke Van De Zandschulp 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karen has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (290-194). 3-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has a 108-71 match record in the last years on hard.

Karen has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Khachanov lost in the 3rd round to Nick Kyrgios.

Jannik Sinner

Ranked no. 36 (career high), Sinner got to the semifinal after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-2 6-4, Aljaz Bedene 7-66 6-2 and Miomir Kecmanovic 7-610 6-4.

In the quarter, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (7-610 6-4). During the match Sinner scored 92 points vs Kecmanovic’s 84. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Sinner scored 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jannik Sinner lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sinner put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Jannik broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sinner hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Italian has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Jannik lost in the 2nd round to Marton Fucsovics.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Khachanov Sinner
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 78 62
Pts 264-233 221-185
Total Points 497 406
Winners 150 100
%Winners 57% 45%

Both Khachanov and Sinner played 3 matches. At the moment, Karen Khachanov dropped 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t conceded a set so far. Khachanov has played 1 set more than Sinner (7 vs 6). Therefore, Khachanov played 16 games more than Sinner. The Russian scored 150 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, Sinner recorded 100 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Khachanov Sinner
Aces 19 26
Avg per match 6.3 8.7
1st in 188/260 134/208
%1st in 72% 64%
1st pts 150/188 100/134
%1st pts 80% 75%
2nd pts 33/72 43/74
%2nd pts 46% 58%

Khachanov blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Sinner bagged 26 aces (8.7 per match). Khachanov won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sinner won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Khachanov Sinner
Won 6 8
Converted 6/16 8/15
% Converted 38% 53%
Conceded 15 11
Saved 14 9
% Saved 93% 82%
Times Broken 1 2

The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Karen surrendered his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Khachanov
R2
Purcell
R3
Anderson
1/4
Van De Zandschulp
Total
Score 7-65 6-3 6-3 7-65 6-76 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 22 22 34 78
pts 75-65 75-65 114-103 264-233
Total points 140 140 217 497
Winners 48 40 62 150
%Winners 64% 53% 54% 57%
SERVE
Aces 11 2 6 19
Double Faults 2 5 7 14
1st in 56/74 49/75 83/111 188/260
% 1st in 76% 65% 75% 72%
1st pts 48/56 40/49 62/83 150/188
% 1st pts 86% 82% 75% 80%
2nd pts 6/18 15/26 12/28 33/72
% 2nd pts 33% 58% 43% 46%
Breaks
Won 1 1 4 6
Converted 1/5 1/5 4/6 6/16
Converted % 20% 20% 67% 38%
Conceded 4 5 6 15
Saved 4/4 5/5 5/6 14
Saved % 100% 100% 83% 94%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1
Sinner
R2
Vukic
R3
Bedene
1/4
Kecmanovic
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 7-66 6-2 7-610 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 21 23 62
pts 59-43 70-58 92-84 221-185
Total points 102 128 176 406
Winners 25 35 40 100
%Winners 42% 50% 43% 45%
SERVE
Aces 5 9 12 26
Double Faults 0 2 1 3
1st in 33/49 44/68 57/91 134/208
% 1st in 67% 65% 63% 64%
1st pts 25/33 35/44 40/57 100/134
% 1st pts 76% 80% 70% 75%
2nd pts 12/16 14/24 17/34 43/74
% 2nd pts 75% 58% 50% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 2 3 8
Converted 3/5 2/2 3/8 8/15
Converted % 60% 100% 38% 53%
Conceded 0 3 8 11
Saved 0/0 3/3 6/8 9
Saved % 100% 75% 58%
Times Broken 0 0 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Khachanov
LWWWWLWWWW
Sinner
WWWWWWWWWW
2024 2023 2022
37 - 22
70 - 6
14-12
Hard
40-3
14-3
I Hard
10-0
8-4
Clay
11-2
1-3
Grass
9-1

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