Karen Khachanov and Emil Ruusuvuori will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.65
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 3rd time that Karen Khachanov and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Khachanov won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Doha back in 2022.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Emil Ruusuvuori – Doha 16-February-2022
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-9 | 10-5 | 7-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 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, the Russian will start his run in Hong Kong after he played his last match in Metz where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Shevchenko in the quarter on the 9th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 380-250 record. He has a positive 150-93 record on hard.
Previously in Hong Kong
Khachanov has never competed in this tournament before.
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 7-5 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 13-11 | 6-7 | 9-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 15-12 | 10-9 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 21-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, Ruusuvuori reached the 2nd round after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-75 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Bonzi, The Finn recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 6-1). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 114 points vs Bonzi’s 97. The Finn was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruusuvuori fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 52% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Bonzi 8 times after converting 32% of his break points (8/25).
Ruusuvuori has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Marin CilicCilic (3-6 7-64 7-67) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-75 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Fabian Marozsan/Sebastian OfnerMarozsan/Sebastian Ofner (6-4 6-75 10-8) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Laslo DjereDjere (6-75 6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Marin CilicCilic (3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction