Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.51
Karen Khachanov -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov
This will be the 6th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov play each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 4-6 6-0 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2022.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Karen Khachanov – Rome 12-May-2022
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-11 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, the Greek got to the semifinal after beating Quentin Halys 6-3 6-4 7-66, Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-0 6-2, Tallon Griekspoor 6-2 7-65 6-3, Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 and Jiri Lehecka 6-3 7-62 6-4.
In the quarter, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (6-3 7-62 6-4). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 108 points vs Lehecka’s 89. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (53/66) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tsitsipas broke Lehecka twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefanos has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (402-179). 9-0 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has an overall158-76 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Tsitsipas’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.
Stefanos has an overall 9-0 win-loss record in 2023, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
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. 20, Karen reached the semifinal after defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-63 6-2 6-0, Jason Murray Kubler 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2, Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-69, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0 6-0 7-64 and Sebastian Korda 7-65 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the quarter against Korda, Karen had a free pass after Korda retired on a 7-65 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Khachanov has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 17 | 18 |
| Tot Games | 165 | 158 |
| Pts | 548-447 | 571-444 |
| Total Points | 995 | 1015 |
| Winners | 266 | 267 |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% |
Both Tsitsipas and Khachanov played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost 2 sets, while Karen Khachanov conceded 2 sets. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Khachanov (17 vs 18). However, it’s interesting to notice that Tsitsipas played 7 games more than Khachanov. The Greek scored 266 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Karen fired 267 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 51 | 73 |
| Avg per match | 10.2 | 14.6 |
| 1st in | 349/519 | 345/517 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 266/349 | 267/345 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 101/170 | 90/172 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
Tsitsipas blasted 51 aces (10.2 per match). Khachanov bagged 73 aces (14.6 per match). Tsitsipas won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Khachanov won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 26 |
| Converted | 20/40 | 26/51 |
| % Converted | 50% | 51% |
| Conceded | 49 | 33 |
| Saved | 43 | 25 |
| % Saved | 88% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Stefanos broke his opponents 20 times with a 50% conversion rate. Tsitsipas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 26 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||||||
| R1 Halys |
R2 Hijikata |
R3 Griekspoor |
R4 Sinner |
1/4 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 7-66 | 6-3 6-0 6-2 | 6-2 7-65 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 | 6-3 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 23 | 30 | 48 | 32 | 165 | |
| pts | 102-83 | 82-45 | 102-79 | 154-151 | 108-89 | 548-447 | |
| Total points | 185 | 127 | 181 | 305 | 197 | 995 | |
| Winners | 51 | 37 | 44 | 81 | 53 | 266 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 45% | 43% | 53% | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 17 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 51 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 61/95 | 47/71 | 54/84 | 121/169 | 66/100 | 349/519 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 66% | 64% | 72% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 51/61 | 37/47 | 44/54 | 81/121 | 53/66 | 266/349 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 79% | 81% | 67% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 16/24 | 20/30 | 26/48 | 22/34 | 101/170 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 67% | 54% | 65% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/9 | 3/7 | 5/11 | 2/6 | 20/40 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 67% | 43% | 45% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 49 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 5/5 | 1/1 | 22/26 | 8/8 | 43 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 100% | 85% | 100% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Khachanov | |||||||
| R1 Zapata Miralles |
R2 Murray Kubler |
R3 Tiafoe |
R4 Nishioka |
1/4 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-69 | 6-0 6-0 7-64 | 7-65 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 40 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 158 | |
| pts | 110-71 | 128-112 | 152-143 | 95-53 | 86-65 | 571-444 | |
| Total points | 181 | 240 | 295 | 148 | 151 | 1015 | |
| Winners | 50 | 64 | 70 | 43 | 40 | 267 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 50% | 46% | 45% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 11 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 73 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 68/90 | 81/117 | 100/157 | 46/78 | 50/75 | 345/517 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 69% | 64% | 59% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 50/68 | 64/81 | 70/100 | 43/46 | 40/50 | 267/345 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 79% | 70% | 93% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 18/36 | 31/57 | 14/32 | 13/25 | 90/172 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 50% | 54% | 44% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 26 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/9 | 4/10 | 7/10 | 4/10 | 26/51 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 40% | 70% | 40% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 33 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 3/5 | 11/14 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 60% | 79% | 75% | 67% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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