Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on KINOSHITA GROUP 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 Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.41
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Khachanov won 6-7(4) 6-1 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in 2022.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-13 | 10-5 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 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. 15, Karen will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(6) 6-4 to Dimitrov in the 3rd round on the 9th of October.
Khachanov has an overall 28-14 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Zhuhai where he beat Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 7-6(2) 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Khachanov has an overall 374-246 record. He has a positive 150-92 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Khachanov has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 7-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 41, Popyrin will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Arnaldi in the 1st round on the 5th of October.
Popyrin has a compiled 33-25 win-loss record in 2023, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Umag where he defeated Stan Wawrinka in the final 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.
In terms of his career, Popyrin has an overall 240-187 record. He has a positive 117-90 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-72 7-65 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-6) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-3) – H2H and prediction
