Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the semifinal of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.38
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Popyrin won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2023.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-7 | 10-5 | 5-1 | 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. 17, Karen reached the semifinal after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-4 7-5 and Emil Ruusuvuori 3-0 ret..
In the quarter against Ruusuvuori, Khachanov had a free pass after Ruusuvuori retired on a 3-0 . scoreline.
Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (343-219). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has a composed 140-85 record in the last years on hard.
Karen’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.
The Russian has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-7 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 46, Popyrin reached the semifinal after defeating Abedallah Shelbayh 3-6 6-3 6-4, Hugo Grenier 7-63 6-78 6-1 and Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-4 6-4). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Bublik’s 50. Alexei was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Popyrin bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Bublik 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexei has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Popyrin has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 81 |
| Pts | 82-62 | 273-229 |
| Total Points | 144 | 502 |
| Winners | 35 | 116 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Khachanov played 2 matches while Popyrin competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin lost 2 sets while Karen Khachanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Khachanov has played 4 set(s) less than Popyrin (4 vs 8). Therefore, Khachanov played 56 games less than Popyrin. Khachanov scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei fired 116 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 157/248 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 35/42 | 116/157 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 56/91 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 62% |
Khachanov struck 6 aces (3 per match). Popyrin struck 26 aces (8.7 per match). Khachanov won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 86% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Karen broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Karen dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | ||||
| R2 Marozsan |
1/4 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 3 | 25 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 13-6 | 82-62 | |
| Total points | 125 | 19 | 144 | |
| Winners | 31 | 4 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 31% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 5/5 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 100% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 4/5 | 35/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 0/0 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 0% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Popyrin | |||||
| R1 Shelbayh |
R2 Grenier |
1/4 Bublik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 6-78 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 33 | 20 | 81 | |
| pts | 92-85 | 116-94 | 65-50 | 273-229 | |
| Total points | 177 | 210 | 115 | 502 | |
| Winners | 35 | 59 | 22 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 34% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 14 | 2 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 75/111 | 31/56 | 157/248 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 68% | 55% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 59/75 | 22/31 | 116/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 79% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 20/36 | 17/25 | 56/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 56% | 68% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/4 | 3/7 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 43% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 0% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Doha
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andreas Mies/John-Patrick SmithMies/John-Patrick Smith – Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Lorenzo Musetti/Lorenzo SonegoMusetti/Lorenzo Sonego – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Emil RuusuvuoriDavidovich Fokina/Emil Ruusuvuori (w/o) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
