Karen Khachanov and Gabriel Diallo will face off in the final of the Almaty Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.58
Gabriel Diallo -> 2.38

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Gabriel Diallo

This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Gabriel Diallo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Khachanov won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Montreal back in August 2024.

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov

28 - 20win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
5-1
Clay
8-4
Grass
1-3
Rank
19
High
8
LWWWWLWWWW
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. 26, Khachanov reached the final after defeating Unknown Player bye, Otto Virtanen 7-6(2) 7-6(3), Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 6-4 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal against Vukic, Karen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-4). During the match, Khachanov scored 108 points vs Vukic’s 90. Karen was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Khachanov made 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Karen Khachanov was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (46/59) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Vukic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Khachanov has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (364-236). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has a compiled 93-61 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Doha where he overcame Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.

Khachanov has an overall 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Almaty
Khachanov's Record

Gabriel Diallo

Gabriel Diallo

47 - 23win/loss

Hard
30-12
I Hard
7-1
Clay
7-6
Grass
3-4
Rank
86
High
86
LWWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-25 30-12 7-6 9-3 3-4 0-0
2023 39-28 8-11 2-2 24-10 5-5 0-0
2022 23-10 17-6 0-0 6-4 0-0 0-0
2021 12-4 8-3 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 118, Gabriel reached the final after defeating Christopher O Connell 7-6(5) 6-2, Borna Coric 7-6(1) 6-4, Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-4 6-2). During the match Diallo scored 57 points vs Cerundolo’s 42. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Diallo scored 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gabriel Diallo was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Diallo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cerundolo 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Diallo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Chicago Challenger where he overcame Bu Yunchaokete in the final 6-3 7-6(3).

Diallo has an overall 47-23 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Almaty
Diallo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Khachanov
G.Diallo
5h:13
5h:13
Time on court​
6h:26
6h:26
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
1h:07
1h:07
3
3
Match played
!
4
4
76
76
Games Played​
90
90
7
7
Set played​​
9
9
248
248
Total points​
288
288
82.7
82.7
Avg point​
72
72
111
111
Winners
157
157
37
37
Avg Winners​
39.3
39.3
45%
45%
Ratio winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
28
28
7.3
7.3
Avg Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
111/135
111/135
1st won total​
157/200
157/200
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
43/71
43/71
2nd won total​
35/63
35/63
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
8/20
8/20
BP won
8/19
8/19
2.7/6.7
2.7/6.7
Avg BP won
2/4.8
2/4.8
40%
40%
Won
42%
42%
7
7
Conceded
8
8
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
2
2
3
3
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
4
4
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Khachanov Diallo
Match played 3 4
Tot Set 7 9
Tot Games 76 90
Pts 248-198 288-248
Total Points 446 536
Winners 111 157
%Winners 45% 55%

Khachanov played 3 matches while Diallo competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karen Khachanov surrendered 1 set, while Gabriel Diallo conceded 1 set. Khachanov has played 2 set(s) less than Diallo (7 vs 9). Therefore, Khachanov played 14 games less than Diallo. The Russian scored 111 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian made 157 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve Khachanov Diallo
Aces 22 28
Avg per match 7.3 7
1st in 135/206 200/263
%1st in 66% 76%
1st pts 111/135 157/200
%1st pts 82% 79%
2nd pts 43/71 35/63
%2nd pts 61% 56%

Khachanov struck 22 aces (7.3 per match). Diallo blasted 28 aces (7 per match). Khachanov won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Khachanov Diallo
Won 8 8
Converted 8/20 8/19
% Converted 40% 42%
Conceded 7 8
Saved 4 7
% Saved 57% 88%
Times Broken 3 1

Karen broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gabriel conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Khachanov
R2
Virtanen
1/4
Zhukayev
1/2
Vukic
Total
Score 7-62 7-63 6-2 6-4 6-73 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 26 18 32 76
pts 77-61 63-47 108-90 248-198
Total points 138 110 198 446
Winners 37 28 46 111
%Winners 48% 44% 43% 45%
SERVE
Aces 5 2 15 22
Double Faults 1 0 1 2
1st in 42/67 34/48 59/91 135/206
% 1st in 63% 71% 65% 66%
1st pts 37/42 28/34 46/59 111/135
% 1st pts 88% 82% 78% 82%
2nd pts 17/25 9/14 17/32 43/71
% 2nd pts 68% 64% 53% 61%
Breaks
Won 1 3 4 8
Converted 1/1 3/10 4/9 8/20
Converted % 100% 30% 44% 40%
Conceded 2 0 5 7
Saved 1/2 0/0 3/5 4
Saved % 50% 60% 37%
Times Broken 1 0 2 3
Diallo
R1
O
R2
Coric
1/4
Tabilo
1/2
Cerundolo
Total
Score 7-65 6-2 7-61 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 21 23 28 18 90
pts 70-60 72-65 89-81 57-42 288-248
Total points 130 137 170 99 536
Winners 43 40 44 30 157
%Winners 61% 56% 49% 53% 55%
SERVE
Aces 9 8 6 5 28
Double Faults 3 2 0 0 5
1st in 52/62 48/67 62/82 38/52 200/263
% 1st in 84% 72% 76% 73% 76%
1st pts 43/52 40/48 44/62 30/38 157/200
% 1st pts 83% 83% 71% 79% 79%
2nd pts 4/10 9/19 14/20 8/14 35/63
% 2nd pts 40% 47% 70% 57% 56%
Breaks
Won 2 1 2 3 8
Converted 2/6 1/4 2/6 3/3 8/19
Converted % 33% 25% 33% 100% 42%
Conceded 1 2 4 1 8
Saved 1/1 2/2 3/4 1/1 7
Saved % 100% 100% 75% 100% 125%
Times Broken 0 0 1 0 1

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