Stefanos Tsitsipas is about to face the world no.21 Karen Khachanov on Friday (1 pm) with the opportunity of overtaking Roger Federer and becoming the new world no.5. Currently ranked no.6, Stefanos has 6595 points in the live rankings and if he defeated Karen he would add 65 points to overtake Roger that is stuck with 6630 points.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov faced off only 2 times. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Tsitsipas. Previously, the last time when they competed against each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 6-4 7-6(8) in the 2nd round in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) in October 2018.
Tsitsipas in Rotterdam, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.6, Tsitsipas has a compiled 8-1 match record in 2021. Tsitsipas is now having a run in Rotterdam where he bested Egor Gerasimov 7-64 7-5 and Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 4-6 7-5.
Stefanos won 5 titles in his career: 1 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Khachanov in Rotterdam, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.21, Khachanov achieved a compiled 7-2 record in 2021. Karen is participating in Rotterdam where he conquered Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5 and Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-2.
Khachanov won 4 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 3 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Roger Federer in 2021
Ranked world no.5, the Swiss played his last match on the 30th of January 2020 when he capitulated to Novak Djokovic 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
