Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov will square off in the 3rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.123
Karen Khachanov -> 6.6
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Karen Khachanov
This will be the 9th time that Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov square off. The head to head is 7-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Nur sultan back in October 2022.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Karen Khachanov – Nur sultan 07-October-2022
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Djokovic got to the 3rd round after beating Maxime Cressy 7-61 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Cressy (7-61 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 76 points vs Cressy’s 56. Novak was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Novak Djokovic was pretty effective on serve to win 92% (35/38) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Cressy once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Djokovic has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (554-82). 11-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a composed 86-13 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Rome where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5) and at the Wimbledon where he defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) and in Tel Aviv where he defeated Marin Cilic in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Astana where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.
Djokovic has an overall 34-6 win-loss record in 2022, 11-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Sebastian Baez 6-1 6-1 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Karen defeated Huesler (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Khachanov scored 84 points vs Huesler’s 70. Khachanov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Karen Khachanov was very efficient on serve to win 86% (44/51) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Karen was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Huesler 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
Khachanov has an overall 36-24 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 43 |
| Pts | 76-56 | 140-99 |
| Total Points | 132 | 239 |
| Winners | 35 | 69 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Djokovic played 1 match while Khachanov competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Karen Khachanov dropped 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Djokovic has played 3 set(s) less than Khachanov (2 vs 5). Therefore, Djokovic played 20 games less than Khachanov. Novak scored 35 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Karen bagged 69 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 80/120 |
| %1st in | 70% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 35/38 | 69/80 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 48% |
Djokovic managed to score 4 aces . Khachanov struck 16 aces (8 per match). Djokovic won 92% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Khachanov won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 8 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 20% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Serbian broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Djokovic pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Khachanov broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R2 Cressy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-56 | 76-56 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/38 | 35/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Khachanov | ||||
| R1 Baez | R2 Huesler | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 | 43 | |
| pts | 56-29 | 84-70 | 140-99 | |
| Total points | 85 | 154 | 239 | |
| Winners | 25 | 44 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 51/76 | 80/120 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 44/51 | 69/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 13/25 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/3 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Mikael YmerYmer (6-76 6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jack DraperDraper (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – John IsnerIsner (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Maxime CressyCressy (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jack DraperDraper (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Mikael YmerYmer (6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Gilles SimonSimon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction