Karen Khachanov and Denis Kudla will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on 1573 Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.128
Denis Kudla -> 6.45

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Denis Kudla

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

The last time that they played each other, Kudla won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington back in 2018.

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
18
High
8
LWWLLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-24 13-11 9-6 2-4 8-3 0-0
2024 37-22 14-12 8-4 14-3 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

Ranked no. 30, Khachanov will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 7-6(7) 7-5 to Rinderknech in the quarter on the 13th of January.

The Russian has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Adelaide.

Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 314-209 record. He has a positive 119-74 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019, 2020 and 2021. See his history.

Australian Open
Khachanov's Record

Denis Kudla

Denis Kudla

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
267
High
53
LLLWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-23 9-7 6-6 7-7 1-3 0-0
2023 30-28 13-17 1-3 11-4 5-4 0-0
2022 33-33 21-19 3-5 2-3 7-6 0-0
2021 40-27 20-14 4-5 4-4 12-4 0-0
2020 19-9 13-6 0-1 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 109, Denis will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Sydney where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Goffin in the 2nd round on the 12th of January.

Denis has a composed 2-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Kudla has an overall 430-322 record. He has a positive 204-157 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016, 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Australian Open
Kudla's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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