Grigor Dimitrov and Karen Khachanov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Open 13 Provence for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.48
Karen Khachanov -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov
This will be the 4th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Karen Khachanov clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Shanghai back in 2023.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Karen Khachanov – Shanghai 09-October-2023
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. 13, Dimitrov got to the semifinal after beating Sebastian Korda 6-1 7-65 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 7-63.
In the quarter, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-3 7-63). During the match, Dimitrov scored 65 points vs Rinderknech’s 50. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dimitrov scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was very efficient on serve to win 95% (35/37) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dimitrov broke Rinderknech once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitrov hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (290-180). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has an overall 59-31 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
Grigor has a compiled 9-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marseille
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. 18, the Russian reached the semifinal after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-2 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Khachanov had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 6-1). During the match Khachanov scored 54 points vs Zhang’s 34. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov fired 7 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Karen Khachanov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karen broke Zhang 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Karen has an overall 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marseille
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 33 |
| Pts | 134-99 | 109-73 |
| Total Points | 233 | 182 |
| Winners | 64 | 53 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Both Dimitrov and Khachanov played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dimitrov and Khachanov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Dimitrov played 9 games more than Khachanov. The Bulgarian scored 64 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Khachanov struck 53 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 73/117 | 63/91 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 64/73 | 53/63 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 30/44 | 17/28 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 61% |
Dimitrov managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Khachanov struck 21 aces (10.5 per match). Dimitrov won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Khachanov won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 78% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Dimitrov broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Dimitrov surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Khachanov broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Khachanov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Dimitrov | ||||
| R2 Korda |
1/4 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 69-49 | 65-50 | 134-99 | |
| Total points | 118 | 115 | 233 | |
| Winners | 29 | 35 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 54% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 37/57 | 73/117 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 35/37 | 64/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 95% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 14/20 | 30/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 1/4 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Khachanov | ||||
| R2 Bautista-Agut |
1/4 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 55-39 | 54-34 | 109-73 | |
| Total points | 94 | 88 | 182 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 32/43 | 63/91 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 28/32 | 53/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 8/11 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 73% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/5 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 60% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil RuusuvuoriNiklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori – Andreas Mies/John-Patrick SmithMies/John-Patrick Smith (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Machac/Zhizhen ZhangMachac/Zhizhen Zhang – Harri Heliovaara/John PeersHeliovaara/John Peers (6-4 3-6 10-6) – See score progression
- Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Bart Stevens/Petros TsitsipasStevens/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H and prediction
