H2H, prediction of Karen Khachanov vs Gabriel Diallo at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 16th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Gabriel Diallo

Karen Khachanov and Gabriel Diallo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 13. 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 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.33
Gabriel Diallo -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Gabriel Diallo

This will be the 3rd time that Karen Khachanov and Gabriel Diallo square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Khachanov won 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the final in Almaty back in 2024.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Gabriel Diallo – Almaty 20-October-2024

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov
Karen Khachanov

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
22
High
8
LWWWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-15 5-6 9-6 0-1 4-2 0-0
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

Ranked no. 19, Karen got to the 2nd round after beating Adrian Mannarino 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Khachanov had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (7-65 6-3 6-3). During the match, Khachanov scored 108 points vs Mannarino’s 79. Khachanov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Khachanov blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 83% (44/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Karen broke Mannarino 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (317-215). 1-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has a compiled 128-89 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Russian has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Khachanov
Australian Open
Khachanov's Record

Gabriel Diallo

Gabriel Diallo
Gabriel Diallo

4 - 2win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
44
High
44
LWWWWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-17 10-8 8-7 1-1 6-1 0-0
2024 49-26 30-12 7-6 9-4 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

Ranked no. 86 (career-high), the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Luca Nardi 6-7(1) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Canadian had a tough win against Nardi to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-71 7-63 5-7 6-1 6-2). During the match Diallo scored 176 points vs Nardi’s 158. Gabriel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 78 winners.

About the serving games, Diallo buried his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Gabriel Diallo was very efficient on serve to win 75% (78/104) of his 1st serve and 51% (32/63) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Gabriel broke Nardi 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).

Gabriel has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

Diallo
Australian Open
Diallo's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Khachanov
G.Diallo
2h:20
2h:20
Time on court​
!
4h:09
4h:09
!
2h:20
2h:20
Last match​
!
4h:09
4h:09
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
53
53
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
108
108
Total points​
176
176
108
108
Avg point​
176
176
44
44
Winners
78
78
44
44
Avg Winners​
78
78
41%
41%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
21
21
6
6
Avg Aces
!
21
21
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
44/53
44/53
1st won total​
78/104
78/104
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
14/28
14/28
2nd won total​
32/63
32/63
50%
50%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
BP won
7/16
7/16
6/10
6/10
Avg BP won
7/16
7/16
!
60%
60%
Won
44%
44%
4
4
Conceded
15
15
4
4
Avg Conceded
15
15
3
3
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
4
4
1
1
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Khachanov Diallo
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 31 53
Pts 108-79 176-158
Total Points 187 334
Winners 44 78
%Winners 41% 44%

Both Khachanov and Diallo played 1 match. At the moment, Gabriel Diallo lost 2 sets while Karen Khachanov hasn’t lost a set so far. Khachanov has played 2 set(s) less than Diallo (3 vs 5). Therefore, Khachanov played 22 games less than Diallo. Khachanov scored 44 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian recorded 78 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Khachanov Diallo
Aces 6 21
Avg per match 6 21
1st in 53/81 104/167
%1st in 65% 62%
1st pts 44/53 78/104
%1st pts 83% 75%
2nd pts 14/28 32/63
%2nd pts 50% 51%

Khachanov scored 6 aces . Diallo made 21 aces . Khachanov won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Khachanov Diallo
Won 6 7
Converted 6/10 7/16
% Converted 60% 44%
Conceded 4 15
Saved 1 11
% Saved 25% 73%
Times Broken 3 4

Khachanov broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Karen lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Diallo broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Diallo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Khachanov
R1
Mannarino
Total
Score 7-65 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 108-79 108-79
Total points 187 187
Winners 44 44
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 53/81 53/81
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 44/53 44/53
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 14/28 14/28
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1/4 1
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 3 3
Diallo
R1
Nardi
Total
Score 6-71 7-63 5-7 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 53 53
pts 176-158 176-158
Total points 334 334
Winners 78 78
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 21 21
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 104/167 104/167
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 78/104 78/104
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 32/63 32/63
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/16 7/16
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 15 15
Saved 11/15 11
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Khachanov
LWWWLWLWWL
Diallo
LWWWWWWLWL
2025 2024 2023
18 - 15
24 - 16
5-6
Hard
10-8
9-6
Clay
8-7
4-2
Grass
6-1

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