Karen Khachanov conquers Jakub Mensik 7-6(12) 6-4 in the final in Doha on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This is the first time that Karen conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Russian added $ 88,460 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 212,300 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:49
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 77 points vs. the Czech’s 69.
Khachanov
Karen served extremely well to win 83% of the points (43/52) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Khachanov was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2).
Mensik
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Mensik is 1-0 for Karen.
This was the 6th career title for Khachanov. He won the previous title in Zhuhai. (see list of titles and finals). The Czech lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Khachanov grabbed in the 13th game (7(-6) prior to finally winning the set (7(-6).
Khachanov failed to serve out the set when leading 7(-6 to be broken at 30.
The Russian conceded 6 points on serve (24-6). In addition, on the other side, Jakub conceded 25 points on serve (40-25).
Khachanov conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Jakub Mensik in the 2nd game (2-0). Karen reinforced his lead after breaking Mensik before conquering the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Khachanov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Khachanov won just 3 points more than Jakub (27-24). Khachanov lost 8 points on serve (21-8). In addition, on the other side, Jakub conceded 6 points on serve (16-6).
