Karen Khachanov and Grigor Dimitrov will square off in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.54
Karen Khachanov -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 3rd time that Karen Khachanov and Grigor Dimitrov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Dimitrov won 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2021.
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. 14, Karen got to the 3rd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 7-61 4-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Zhukayev (7-61 4-6 6-2). During the match, Khachanov scored 90 points vs Zhukayev’s 73. Karen was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Karen Khachanov was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (41/47) of his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karen broke Zhukayev twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (366-238). 18-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has an aggregate 150-91 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Zhuhai where he overcame Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 7-6(2) 6-1.
Karen has an overall 28-13 win-loss record in 2023, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, the Bulgarian reached the 3rd round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-4 6-3). During the match Dimitrov scored 69 points vs Vukic’s 56. Grigor was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Dimitrov bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Grigor Dimitrov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Vukic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Bulgarian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Geneva.
Dimitrov has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 |
| Pts | 90-73 | 69-56 |
| Total Points | 163 | 125 |
| Winners | 41 | 30 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Both Khachanov and Dimitrov played 1 match. At the moment, Karen Khachanov dropped 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t lost a set so far. Khachanov has played 1 set more than Dimitrov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Khachanov played 12 games more than Dimitrov. Karen scored 41 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor recorded 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 47/73 | 35/48 |
| %1st in | 64% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 41/47 | 30/35 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 54% |
Khachanov fired 9 aces . Dimitrov made 5 aces . Khachanov won 87% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Karen lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Grigor broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Grigor was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Khachanov | |||
| R2 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 90-73 | 90-73 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/73 | 47/73 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 41/47 | 41/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Dimitrov | |||
| R2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 69-56 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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