Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo will face off in the 2nd round of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.71
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Khachanov won 6-1 5-7 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2024.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-8 | 10-5 | 5-2 | 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 2nd round after defeating Cameron Norrie 7-5 7-63.
In the 1st round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Norrie (7-5 7-63). During the match, Khachanov scored 96 points vs Norrie’s 84. Khachanov was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. Khachanov broke Norrie 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (349-222). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Khachanov has a composed 89-59 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where he overcame Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.
Karen has an aggregate 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Francisco Cerundolo
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LWWWLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-13 | 3-5 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Cerundolo reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-2 7-63.
In the 1st round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-2 7-63). During the match Cerundolo scored 77 points vs Altmaier’s 63. Cerundolo was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Cerundolo recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Altmaier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Francisco’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Rio de Janeiro.
Cerundolo has an overall 8-10 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 |
| Pts | 96-84 | 77-63 |
| Total Points | 180 | 140 |
| Winners | 33 | 34 |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% |
Both Khachanov and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Khachanov and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Khachanov played 4 games more than Cerundolo. The Russian scored 33 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 45/71 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 50% |
Khachanov scored 13 aces . Cerundolo managed to score 2 aces . Khachanov won 65% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 43% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 56% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Khachanov broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Karen dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 96-84 | 96-84 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 51/88 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cerundolo | |||
| R1 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 77-63 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 45/71 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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