Karen Khachanov and Botic Van De Zandschulp will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.53
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Botic Van De Zandschulp fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Khachanov won 6-7(6) 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Melbourne back in 2021.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 14, Khachanov will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 to Tsitsipas in the semifinal on the 27th of January.
Khachanov has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about his overall career, Karen has an overall 354-235 record. He has a positive 140-86 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-9 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-33 | 9-11 | 16-12 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 10-9 | 4-6 | 12-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 14-11 | 11-7 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 17-5 | 24-10 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, the Dutch will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Muller in the 2nd round on the 22nd of February.
Van De Zandschulp has an overall 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Dutch’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Pune.
In terms of his career, Botic has an overall 291-153 record. He has a positive 46-26 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Van De Zandschulp has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-69) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaAlejandro – Malek JaziriMalek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
