Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo will play each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on LOTUS. 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 -> 1.55
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
This will be the 7th time that Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 6-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Khachanov won 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2024.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Francisco Cerundolo – Cincinnati 12-August-2024
Karen Khachanov
24 - 18win/loss
27
8
WLLLWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-18 | 13-10 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 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. 27, Karen got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-4 6-4). During the match, Khachanov scored 71 points vs Carballes Baena’s 61. Khachanov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov fired 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Karen Khachanov was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Khachanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (360-234). 13-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has an aggregate 148-93 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Doha where he defeated Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.
The Russian has an aggregate 24-18 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Francisco Cerundolo
29 - 25win/loss
31
19
WWWWLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 5-8 | 21-13 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 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. 31, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Jakub Mensik 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the 1st round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Mensik (7-64 6-1). During the match Cerundolo scored 83 points vs Mensik’s 62. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Cerundolo struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Mensik 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Umag where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Cerundolo has an aggregate 29-25 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 71-61 | 83-62 |
| Total Points | 132 | 145 |
| Winners | 28 | 39 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Khachanov and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Khachanov and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). Karen scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 39 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 56/89 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 39/56 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 45% |
Khachanov struck 4 aces . Cerundolo recorded 7 aces . Khachanov won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 30% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Khachanov broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Karen surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Francisco conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-61 | 71-61 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cerundolo | |||
| R1 Mensik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 83-62 | 83-62 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/89 | 56/89 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 39/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
