Karen Khachanov and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will square off in the 2^nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.78
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 21, Khachanov reached the 2^nd round after defeating Christopher O Connell 6-4 3-6 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round, The Russian defeated O Connell (6-4 3-6 7-6⁶).During the match, Khachanov scored less points (6) than O Connell. In fact, the world no. 21 won 93 points vs O Connell’s. That means that Khachanov was more focused during the important points. Karen was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Khachanov fired 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (48/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke O Connell twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (370-237). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has an aggregate 99-62 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Doha where he overcame Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4 and in Almaty where he defeated Gabriel Diallo in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.

The Russian has a compiled 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 31 (career-high), Mpetshi reached the 2^nd round after defeating Frances Tiafoe 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Tiafoe, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-3).During the match Mpetshi scored less points (1) than Tiafoe. In fact, the world no. 21 won 98 points vs Tiafoe’s. That means that Mpetshi was more focused during the important points. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.

Talking about serving, Mpetshi overpowered his opponent with 28 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Mpetshi put 55% of his first serves in, winning 92% (56/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tiafoe once.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Nottingham Challenger where he defeated Matteo Martineau in the final 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Cuernavaca Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Acapulco Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Lyon where he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 6-4 1-6 7-6(7) and in Basel where he defeated Ben Shelton in the final 6-4 7-6(4).

Mpetshi has a composed 48-24 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Khachanov	Mpetshi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	35
Pts	93-99	98-99
Total Points	192	197
Winners	48	56
%Winners	52%	57%

Both Khachanov and Mpetshi played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Karen Khachanov surrendered 1 set, while Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Khachanov and Mpetshi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Khachanov played 3 games less than Mpetshi. Karen scored 48 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Giovanni fired 56 winners (57%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Khachanov	Mpetshi
Aces	10	28
Avg per match	10	28
1st in	60/98	61/110
%1st in	61%	55%
1st pts	48/60	56/61
%1st pts	80%	92%
2nd pts	17/38	23/49
%2nd pts	45%	47%

Khachanov managed to score 10 aces . Mpetshi struck 28 aces . Khachanov won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Khachanov	Mpetshi
Won	2	1
Converted	2/6	1/1
% Converted	33%	100%
Conceded	7	2
Saved	5	2
% Saved	71%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Khachanov broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Mpetshi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Khachanov
	R1 O	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 7-66
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	93-99	93-99
Total points	192	192
Winners	48	48
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	60/98	60/98
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	48/60	48/60
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	17/38	17/38
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Mpetshi
	R1 Tiafoe	Total
Score	6-75 7-64 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	98-99	98-99
Total points	197	197
Winners	56	56
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	28	28
Double Faults	13	13
1st in	61/110	61/110
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	56/61	56/61
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	23/49	23/49
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/1	1/1
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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