Karen Khachanov and Roman Safiullin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Serbia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.40
Roman Safiullin -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Roman Safiullin
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-7 | 10-5 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Khachanov will start his run in Belgrade after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 to Schwartzman in the 1st round on the 11th of April.
The Russian has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 321-216 record. He has a positive 75-55 record on clay.
Previously in Belgrade
Khachanov has never competed in this tournament before.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 151, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Max Purcell 6-73 6-4 6-4, Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-72 6-0 and Mikael Ymer 7-5 6-0.
In the 1st round, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Ymer (7-5 6-0). During the match Safiullin scored 68 points vs Ymer’s 50. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Safiullin couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Ymer 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Roman’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Marseille and the Pau Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 16-10 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Mikael YmerYmer (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Dusan LajovicLajovic (2-6 6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Joao SousaSousa (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar – Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-75 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Dusan LajovicLajovic (2-6 6-1 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Aljaz BedeneBedene (8-1) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
